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Berwick St. James Photo Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Maddington – Stapleford – Steeple Langford – Wilsford – Winterbourne Stoke – Woodford – Wylye
Websites of Interest
Berwick St, James – Village Website
The Parish Church of St. James
St. James Gallery St. James Interior Gallery St. James Churchyard Gallery
Barwick St. James Protestation Return 1641-1642 Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions Suspension of Benefice 2018
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Please note that the Burials file 1801-Present in incomplete
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1731-1987
Marriages 1746-1994
Burials 1731-1992
Parish History
Berwick St. James lies upstream of Stapleford. The church has humble architecture but possesses an unusual 15th century stone pulpit originally set in the north wall of the nave in the fashion of monastic refectories; the church once belonged to Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire. The chancel is well proportioned with lancet windows in a 12th century doorway. The tower is dated 1670 and provides an excellent example of the respect paid, even at such a late date, to the architectural style embodied in medieval churches.
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Wilton Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Property Sales
Public Houses
Boot Inn
Original 16th century building normally clad with ivy.
Crime and Legal Matters
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1867 Kellys 1867 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Women’s Institute Branch News 1915 – Present Brownies Celebrate 100 Years 2014
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
Inquests
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Wilton Union Guardians Appointed 1835 Guardians Dinner & Election of Guardians 1870
Overseers
Probate
General Items
National Probate Index 1858-1966
