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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Edington – Norton Bavant – Sutton Veny – Warminster – Westbury
Websites
Bishopstrow and Boreham – River Were Benefice
The Parish Church of St. Aldhelm or St. Adeline
St. Aldhelm Gallery St. Aldhelm Churchyard Gallery
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1660-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1800-1849 1850-1899
Marriages
Burials
Please note that the Baptism. Marriage and Burial Files maybe incomplete. The information has been compiled from a number of resources.
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1686-1890
Marriages 1686-1992
Burials 1685-1990
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Warminster Registration District
Buildings and Land
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Land Surveys
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports
Directories
Post Office 1855 Kellys 1867 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1911 Kellys 1915
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834
Exhibitions
Warminster Industrial Exhibition 1869
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Loss & Misfortune of Thomas King 1862
Associations, Clubs, Organisations, Societies and Sporting Events
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
Coroners Bills
County coroners were introduced in England in around 1194 once established other boroughs and liberties sought the right to have their own coroner. Often in Medieval times the coroner also assumed the role of the sheriff and his duties weren’t limited to holding inquests on dead bodies although almost a full time post they were unpaid for the duties apart from those that were deemed murder of manslaughter when they would receive 13s. 4d. From the 24th June 1752 a law was passed allowing the coroner to claim £1 for every inquest they attended not held in a gaol and also to claim 9d per mile travel allowance from the place of residence. Inquests held in any gaol were performed at a rate totalling no more than £1. These costs were to be paid from the county rates. In cases of homicide the coroner also received the former fee of 13s. 4d. The coroners submitted their bills at the quarter session sittings for approval Coroners Bills 1752-1796
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 Voting Revisions Barrister Court 1890 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
Obituaries
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Charities
Bishop of Salisbury’s Memorial Fund 1870
Probate
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
War Graves Located in St. Aldhelm’s Churchyard Home Guards 1940-1944
Boreham
The Church of St. John
St. John’s Gallery St. John’s Churchyard Gallery
Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Parish Register Transcripts
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms – None
Marriages 1896-1997
Burials – None
Crime and Legal Matters
Education
Emigration and Migration
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818
Family Notices
Life Events Extracts from Parish Magazine 1901 Life Events Extracts from Parish Magazine 1902
Inquest Reports
Male Infant of John Trollope 1884
Obituaries
Rev. Charles Herbert Young 1938
