Chicklade

OPC Vacancy

Chicklade Photo Gallery

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Berwick St. Leonard – Boyton – Brixton Deverill – East Knoyle – Heytesbury – Hindon

Websites of Interest

Parish Church of All Saints

All Saints Gallery          All Saints Interior Gallery          All Saints Churchyard Gallery

Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions          John Barron Memorial Tablet 1685          Margaret Sympson Memorial Tablet 1685

Church Collections

Collection for Distressed Manufacturers 1827          Salisbury Infirmary Collections 1849-1858

Church Officials

William Lisle Bowles – Clergyman and Poet was an incumbent here

Incumbents List 1550-1810          Church Appointments 1780-1899          New Vicar 1938          Parish Priests 1987 – 2005

Funeral Reports & Obituaries

Life of Revd. William Whitmarsh Phelps 1872          Funeral Report of Rev. George Henry Hogbin 1937

Church Plate

Silver Chalice 1936

Church Services

Church Service at Hindon for Death of King George V 1936

Church Supported Charities and Funding

For Salisbury Infirmary 1858

Miscellaneous Church Items

Advertisement for the Publication of a John Still Sermon 1799

Parish Register Transcripts

Baptisms

Marriages

1600-1799

Burials

Parish Registers held at WSHC

Baptisms 1771-1989
Marriages 1772-2005
Burials 1721-1989

Parish History

1845 – Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of England          Parish Celebrations 1850-1899         Parish News 1850-1899

Civil Registration

1837 – April 1936 Tisbury Registration District
April 1936 – January 1978 Mere Registration District
January 1978 – Present Salisbury Registration District

Location

Chicklade is a small village located in the south-west of the Wiltshire county. It is located on A303 road approximately 18 miles north-west of Salisbury and 1 mile north of Hindon.

Population

Chicklade’s population was at it’s highest in 1801 with a total of 150. It dropped to it’s lowest in 1971 with a total of 34.

Population Figures 1801-2011

Buildings and Land

Ancient Monuments

Chicklade has 3 Ancient Monuments, all being barrows          Ancient Monuments List

Crop Circles

A Crop Circle is a sizeable pattern created by the flattening of a crop such as wheat, barley maize or rapeseed. Crop Circles are also referred to as crop formations as they are not always circular in shape. A crop circle was noted near Chicklade around 27th June, 2011, measuring 130 feet in diameter.   Crop Circle 2011

Highways and Roads

Amesbury Turnpike v Hindon Highway Board 1868

Land Surveys

1936

Listed Buildings

Grade I – Buildings of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

There are no listings for this category within the parish

Grade II* – Buildings are particularly important and of more than special interest.

There are no listings for this category within the parish

Grade II – Buildings are nationally important and of special interest.

Property for Auction, Let or Sale

Crime and Legal Matters

Firearms and Weapons Crime

Sale of Revolver 1947

Motoring Offences

Driving Without Due Care & Attention 1937

Directories

Education

A free school was established in Chicklade.

The Old School House was originally built in 1848 as a small school house serving the village.  The property is now a detached one bedroom house retaining many of the original features.

School Treat 1885          School Prize Fund 1898

Emigration and Migration

 Strays Index          Massachusetts Marriage – Alice Mary Stevens to Alvin Day 1901

Employment and Business

Agriculture and Land

Gamekeepers & Game Certificates 1788-1859          Harvest Home Celebrations 1869         South Wilts Chamber of Agriculture Meeting Attendees 1872          Hamlin’s Poultry Powder Advert 1906

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.

UK Register of Duties paid for Apprentices 1710-1811           William Neate 1743

Articles of Clerkship

Articles of Clerkship were contracts between an apprentice clerk & an attorney who agreed to train the clerk to become an attorney or solicitor.

Edward Froud (Clerk) 1800           Charles Millett (Attorney) 1825

Aviation

Test Crash Crew 1963

On 22nd October, 1963, the prototype aircraft – BAC One-Eleven G-ASHG, flown by Mike Lithgow, entered a deep stall and crashed near Chicklade with the death of seven crew. In October, 2013, a stone memorial was dedicated at the crash site, listing the seven who died. The ceremony was attended by the C.O. of the Royal Navy Historic Flight, Lord Margadale (owner of the land) & family members of the crew. The memorial bears a quotation from the 1817 edition of a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge “… and everywhere the blue sky belongs to them and is their appointed rest and their native country.”

General Employment Items

Employment News 1850-1899          Employment Sought 1900-1949           Situations Vacant 1900-1949

Miscellaneous Documents

Pigeons Food Consumption 1827          Gelding for Sale 1846          Miscellaneous News 1900-1949

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

Wesleyan Methodist Anniversary Meeting 1836

People and Parish Notables

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

Family Notices

1750-1799          1800-1849          1850-1899          1900-1949

Funeral Reports

Lily Stevens 1938           Fred White 1940           William Warren 1941           Mrs. Sutton 1949

Inquest Reports

Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse

Probate

Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Hand

Thomas Bennett 1635          Christopher Bennett 1638

War, Conflict and Military Matters

War Memorial & Military Gallery

John Alexander Halliday