OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Brinkworth – Brokenborough – Cricklade – Garsdon – Hankerton – Malmesbury – Minety – Purton – Westport St. Mary
Websites of Interest
GenUKI – For information on Charlton
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre – The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies
Charlton Community History – Historical information for parishes within the Wiltshire County jurisdiction.
A Vision Of Britain – Historical Information for Charlton (Malmesbury)
British History Online – History of Charlton (Malmesbury)
The Parish Church of St. John The Baptist
St. John the Baptist Gallery St. John the Baptist Interior Gallery
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1661-1975
Marriages 1661-1991
Burials 1661-1915
BTs 1847-1859 held at Bristol Record Office
Parish History
Charlton is 2 miles north east of Malmesbury
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Malmesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Chippenham Registration District
Buildings and Land
Charlton House Owners of Land 1873
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1813-1814
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Drink Related Crime
Drunk and Leaving Master Charges 1885
General Crime Items
Crime Reports 1750-1799 Crime Reports 1800-1849
Prisons and Prisoners
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1889 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 Taylors Telephone 1941
Education
Emigration and Migration
Published in tables from the Poor Law Commissioners Annual Reports for 1835, 1836 and 1847-1848 the following may be of use for tracing missing ancestors. 7 paupers emigrated to Canada under an assisted emigration programme between July 1838 – April 1839 and 7 in 1843. (This may refer to Charlton (near Pewsey or Charlton All Saints near Downton)
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Apprentices
Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish.
John Canter 1721 Edmund Cope 1729
Medicine
Medical License Extract for Francis Newman 1634
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Primitive Methodist Chapel
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisation & Societies
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Women’s Institute
Coroners Bills
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
Miscellaneous Items
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
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
Knights Compositions 1628 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Guardians
Election of Guardians 1837 Election of Guardians 1839 Election of Guardians 1844 Nomination of Guardians 1886
Tenders
Medical Services
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Parishioners Wills
John Spackman Written 1755 John Stump 1797
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
WWI
Casualty Biographies Ernest Baker 1918
British Red Cross/VAD Volunteers
V.A.D. & Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1918 Closure of Charlton Park Hospital 1915
