OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Broad Hinton – Cliffe Pypard – Lydiard Tregoze – Wootton Bassett – Wroughton
Websites of Interest
Broad Town – Village news and events.
Broad Town – White Horse.
The Parish Church of Christchurch
Christchurch Gallery Christchurch Churchyard Gallery
Church Renovation and Re-dedication 1937 Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1847-1924
Marriages 1847-1999
Burials 1847-1979
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Marlborough Registration District
Buildings and Land
Enclosure Award 1822 Owners of Land 1873 White Horses of Wiltshire 1930
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1818 Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawing North Wilts 1826
Crime and Legal Matters
Bigamy
Bigamy and First Wife Knew 1944
Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)
Directories
Post Office Directory 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1911 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Apprentices
Wiltshire Boys Apprenticed in Oxfordshire
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Primitive Methodist Chapel
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
Coroners Bills and Inquest Reports
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, Polls and Voting Lists
MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
Parish Notables
Jane Grigson – Cookery Writer
Uncategorised Items
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Public Assistance Administration 1948
Charity
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Service Personnel
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
Memorials and Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 WWI & WWII Triptych War Memorial
