The OPC is Rob Edmunds
Contiguous Parishes (Our Neighbours)
Allington – Amesbury – Idmiston – Nether Wallop (HAM) – Newton Tony – Over Wallop (HAM) – Winterslow
Websites of Interest
Village website – Village news shared with Allington
The Parish Church of St. Andrew
The Parish Church of St. Andrew dates from the 14th Century. It is constructed from stone and flint with a small wooden belfry.
John Kent, Squire of Boscombe (died 1727) is buried in the transept of the church. He built four almshouses in the village and in his will endowed them with a payment of twenty four pounds per annum for the maintenance of four poor people, two widows and two widowers, chosen from the parishes of Boscombe and Winterbourne Dauntsey but Boscombe preferred.
St. Andrew’s Gallery St. Andrew’s Churchyard Gallery
Protestation Return of 1641-1642 Church Matters 1800-1899 Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1695-1782 1784-1825 1826-1906 1910-1936 1939-1992
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1696-1992
Marriages 1696-1988
Burials 1698-1992
Parish History
Boscombe is one of a string of small villages along the River Bourne to the North of Salisbury and near the Hampshire border.
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Amesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Crime and Legal Matters
Directories
Post Office 1855 Kellys 1867 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Kellys 1931 Kellys 1939 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
From Shoemaker to Builders Merchant
In the early days Boscombe was a farming community and, apart from the Rector, most villagers were agricultural labourers. Gradually this changed as can be seen from the Baptism Records. Though this list is based on only of those parishioners who had children baptised in the local church, it gives an indication as to the change of occupations in the village. Shoemaker to Builders Merchant 1813-1991
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Elections and Polls
Poll Book 1705 Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Amesbury Union Guardians Appointed 1835
Overseers
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Diocese of Salisbury Remembrance Book 1914-1918 Casualty Biographies of WWI
WWI
Service Absentees
Royal Air Force
Air Accident 1939 Inquest Report on Sergeant Harrison George Ing 1939
