The OPC is Linda Robson
Contiguous Parishes (Our Neighbours)
Alderbury with Clarendon Park – Coombe Bissett – Fisherton Anger – Homington – Nunton & Bodenham – Odstock – Salisbury – West Harnham
Websites of Interest
Britford – Community news.
The Parish Church of St. Peter
St. Peter’s Gallery St. Peter’s Interior Gallery St. Peter’s Churchyard Gallery
Notes from the Parish Registers Britford & East Harneham Protestation Record 1641-1642 Church Matters 1700-1799 Church Matters 1800-1849
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1587-1935
Marriages 1573-1991
Burials 1572-1989
Parish History
The Parish includes the tything of East Harnham and the hamlet of Longford. An annual sheep fare was held on the 12th of August each year.
An Historic Link – Britford & The Battle of Hastings
Civil Registration
1837 – 1896 Alderbury Registration District
1896 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
County Agriculture Report 1847 Sale of Late Reverend Hill’s Livestock 1868 Foot & Mouth Disease 1924-1925
Landowners
Land Tax
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Property Sales
Crime and Legal Matters
Arson
Straw Fold Burnt by Arson 1870
Assaults
Unfounded Charge of Assault 1872
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1792-1848
General Items
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Crime Reports 1850-1899
Murder
Suicide
Attempted Suicide Charhe 1890
Theft
Caught in Possession of Stolen Leather 1813 Theft of Canvas Bags 1851 Wanted for Sheep Stealing 1881
Directories
Pigots 1830 Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
A National School was established in Britford from 1853
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Great Sheep Fair 1857
Apprentices
Daniel Bezley 1720 John Curtis 1717 John Francis 1756
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
John G. Frampton 1859 James Alexander Frampton 1870
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Markets
Medical
Nurse – Charlotte Matilda Case 1890
Situations Vacant
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations, Societies & Sporting Events
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871 Wiltshire Friendly Society Anniversary 1851
Celebrations
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Members of Parliament
MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1865
Voters List
Family Notices
1700-1799 1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-1949
Inquests
Medical Matters
Parish Notables
August Welby Northmore Pugin, Architect
Taxes
Tax List 1332 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
The Alderbury Union Workhouse was situated in the hamlet of Longford. (See Tab below)
Overseers
Probate
Probate Index 1766 (WSHC)
Estate Notices
Tristram Huddlestone Jervoise 1795
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
WWI
Casualty Biographies of WWI Roll of Honour Plaque 1914-1918 Church Roll of Honour 1914-1918 (Dogdean)
WWII
Casualties of WWII buried in St. Peter’s Churchyard
East Harnham
All Saints Church
The Parish Church of All Saints
All Saints Gallery All Saints Interior Gallery All Saints Churchyard Gallery
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1855-1999
Marriages 1854-1976
Burials 1854-1946
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – 1896 Alderbury Registration District
1896 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Common Cold Research Unit 1946-1989
East Harnham’s claim to fame has got to be the Harvard Isolation Hospital. Originally it was built because the Americans thought the outbreak of WWII would mean epidemics in England. This did not happen, so this hutted hospital was donated to the Medical Research Council, who decided to open it as the Common Cold Research Unit. It existed from 1946-1989. There is now a housing estate where this hospital once stood appropriately named Harvard Heights.
The unit advertised for volunteers, who were paid a small amount, it was promoted as an unusual holiday opportunity! People were infected with the cold virus and stayed for 10 days. They were allowed to go out for walks in the countryside but residential areas were out of bounds. Some people came back year after year, and others liked the area so much they sold up and moved to Salisbury.
There is a photo in the East Harnham gallery of the plaque that is on the wall where the entrance to the hospital used to be.
East Harnham Bridge
Public Houses
Greyfisher, Ayleswade Road
Modernised in 1980 when it changed its name from the Swan.
Rose and Crown, Harham Road
Parts of the building date back to the 14th and 16th centuries. It was a former coaching inn
St. John’s Chapel
Read a little about the History of the Chapel Images of the building as it is now can be seen in the East Harnham Photogallery
Crime and Legal Matters
Food and Drink
Medical
Suicide
Sad Occurrence 1878 Charge of Attempted Suicide 1890
Unsocial Behaviour
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Miscellaneous Documents
Mrs. Ridout and the Coombe Express
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Associations, Clubs, Organisations & Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
People and Parish Notables
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 (includes West Harnham) Poll Book 1818
Family Notices
Inquest Reports
| Unknown Baby 1906 | John Davies 1874 | Baby Eldridge 1877 | Job Gale 1846 | William Goodfellow 1912 | Edwin Jarvis 1878 |
| Ann Parsons 1871 | William Pearce 1869 |
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – This item was donated by Ken Tuck and contains entries that may or may not relate to the Tuck family however they have been published as such. Many refer to Quaker burials found across the county
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Alderbury Union Workhouse is situated in the hamlet of Longford
Probate
Probate Index 1669-1877 (WSHC) National Probate Index 1858-1966
War Memorials & Military
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Boer War
Reservists Leave for the Front 1899
Royal Navy
Deserters in Australian Newspapers 1877
WWI
Casualty Biographies
Horace Frank Brown Dredge 1914
Longford
Buildings and Land
Crime and Legal Matters
Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)
Gauntlett v Marshe, Marshman & Davis
Employment and Business
Agriculture
Game Licenses 1834 Swindon Livestock Market Prizes 1874
Aviation
Aviator Certificate – Anthony Pleydell Bouverie 1929
People and Parish Notables
Family Notices
People News
People of Longford Castle 1700 – Present
Sport
Hunting
Taxes
Tax List 1332 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Alderbury Union Elected Guardians 1835
The workhouse was situated here but was know as the Alderbury (Salisbury) Union
Poor Law Items
Overseers 1859-1872
Workhouse
Short History of the Alderbury Union Workhouse Workhouse News 1800-1899 Queen Victoria Coronation Celebrations 1838 Workhouse Menu and Allowances 1841 Workhouse Audit 1858
Workhouse Crime
Offences Committed in the Workhouse 1835-1850 Stealing from the Workhouse 1868 Burglary at the Workhouse 1878
Workhouse Inquest Reports
John Fryer 1901 George Winter 1906
War Memorials & Military
War Memorials & Military Gallery
WWI
Casualties
Jacob Edward Pleydell-Bouverie 1914
Red Cross & Voluntary Aid
V.A.D. & Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1918
