The OPC is Val Everson
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Broad Chalke – Burcombe – Martin – Stratford Tony – Wilton
Websites of Interest
Bishopstone – Parish Council and village news.
Gurd and Associated Families – Website based around South Wiltshire Families
Parish Church of St. John The Baptist
Just below Salisbury the River Avon is joined by the Ebble River, beside which stands the church of St. John the Baptist, Bishopstone, a large cruciform building full of interest. It is for the most part of the fourteenth century. The chancel is vaulted, has elaborate sedilia, and is entered through a priest’s doorway of unusual elaboration. Within the north transept is a large tomb recess, and outside the south transept, which is vaulted, is a most unusual canopied mausoleum contemporary with the building. Near the priest’s doorway the walling shows signs of bullet scars which are said to be memorials of executions during the Civil War.
St. John’s Gallery St. John’s Interior Gallery St. John’s Churchyard Gallery
Church Officials
Rectors List New Deacon Ordained 1861
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1636-1664 1665-1699 1700-1749 1750-1812 1813-1849 1850-1890 1891-1909
Marriages
1636-1664 1665-1699 1700-1749 1750-1802 1803-1838 1839-1890 1891-1920
Burials
1636-1664 1665-1699 1700-1749 1750-1812 1813-1849 1850-1890 1891-1920
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1636-1986
Marriages 1636-1985
Burials 1636-1987
Protestation Returns
Bishopston Tythinge 1641-1642 Fallerston Tythinge 1641-1642 Flambston Tythinge 1641-1642
Parish History
Includes the hamlets of Faulston, Flamston, Netton, Pitts, Croucheston and Throope
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Wilton Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
The Plantagenet Watchtower at Faulston New Dog Kennels Burnt 1757 Edward Mihell – Indenture of Premises 1834 Owners of Land 1873
Land Surveys
Maps
Public Houses
Three Horseshoes, The Alley
As at the millenium (2000) you would find Wiltshire longest serving landlady.
White Hart, Buttts Lane
Named after the Whitehart family who lived in the building that dates back to 1682. Rumoured to be the oldest in the village. It became a licensed premises in 1756.
Crime and Legal Matters
Assault
Assault on Parish Councillor 1898
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1794-1833
Capital Punishment
Assault & Robbery on Mr. Hazell 1790
Crime Reports
Drunk and Disorderly
Drunk & Riotous – Henry, Joel and John Baker 1868
Theft
Uncategorised Legal Items
Directories
Post Office 1855 Kellys 1867 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
National School Masters & Mistresses
Emigration and Migration
Published in tables from the Poor Law Commissioners Annual Reports for 1835, 1836 and 1847-1848 the following may be of use for tracing missing ancestors. 56 paupers emigrated to Canada between July 1838 – April 1839 under the assisted emigration programme *These may refer to the parish of Bishopstone (Nr. Swindon)
To Australia
| Abraham Andrews 1838 | Stephen Andrews 1841 | William Gibbs 1838 | Edward Hewet 1838 | William Hewett 1838 |
| William Hings 1838 | William Lanham 1838 | Frederick Williams 1838 |
Strays
Strays Index (please note some of the the entries in this file may relate to Bishopstone (Swindon)
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834
Community Services
Metropolitan Police Pensions Record – William Baker 1852-1876
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Chapel Lane
This chapel closed in 1978 and did not have a burial ground attached.
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agriculture
South Newton Agricultural Society Competition 1871 Ploughing Match & Shepherding Prizes 1868 Agricultural Society Gathering 1872
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
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
Tax List 1332 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Wilton Union Guardian Appointed 1835 Guardians Dinner & Election of Guardians 1870
Overseers
Probate
Probate Index 1770 (WSHC)
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Parishioners Wills
Edward Hewett Proved 1797 Thomas Hewett Proved 1765
Sales of Property for Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Boer War
Wiltshire Yeomanry – More Volunteers 1899-1900
Royal Navy
Naval Attestations
John Hibberd 1839 William Cas 1855
Service Biographies
William Ronald Musselwhite 1906-1981
WWI
Books of Remembrance and War Memorials
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Roll of Honour Plaques
Croucheston
