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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Bremilham – Charlton (Malmesbury) – Crudwell – Easton Grey – Foxley – Hankerton – Long Newnton – Shipton Moyne (GLS) – Westport St. Mary
Websites of Interest
Brokenborough – Parish Council
The Parish Church of St. John The Baptist
St. John’s Gallery St. John’s Churchyard Gallery
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1696-1909
Marriages 1718-1994 (May be gaps)
Burials 1697-1992
Bishops Transcripts 1837-1859 held at Bristol Record Office
Earlier entries may be found in either Malmesbury or Westport St. Mary parishes.
Parish History
In Saxon times the parish was known as Caerderberge
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Malmesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Chippenham Registration District
Buildings and Land
Manor Rent Survey 1602 Property Auction 1838 Owners of Land 1873
Indentures
Mortgage, Andrews to Miller 1888 Mortgage, Andrews to Miller 1889
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1813-1814
Public Houses
The Horse Guards
Crime and Legal Matters
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 Taylors 1941
Education
A small charity school was established in the parish
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Primitive Methodist Chapel
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921
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, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
Inquest Reports
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Crime
Offences Committed in the Workhouse 1835-1850
Guardians
Election of Guardians 1837 Election of Guardians 1839 Election of Guardians 1844 Nomination of Guardians 1886
Tenders
Medical Services
Probate
Prior to 1858 Brokenborough fell under the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire for probate purposes. The records are held at the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.
Inquisitions Post Mortem
Richard Jeaine 1628 Adam Peddington als. Tuck 1628
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Roll of Honour Plaque 1914-1918 Roll of Honour Plaque WWII
