The OPC is Martin Barrett
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Fisherton Delamere – Fonthill Bishop – Stockton – Teffont Evias & Teffont Magna – Tisbury
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
St. Margaret of Antioch Gallery St. Margaret of Antioch Churchyard Gallery
St. Margaret of Antioch History
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1611-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1800-1837
Marriages
Burials
1611-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1800-1837
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1653-1895
Marriages 1654-1996
Burials 1654-1885
Parish History
The parish includes the tithing of Ridge.
Population was 507 in 1831 and 405 in 1951
The History of the Parish
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Tisbury Registration District
April 1936 – January 1978 Mere Registration District
January 1978 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Highways & Roads
Amesbury Turnpike v Hindon Highway Board 1868
Landowners
Land Surveys
Public Houses
Blag Dog, B3089
This is a 15th century building built with the local Chilmark quarry stone. The former brewery area which now houses the restaurant has ammonite fossils built into the walls from the quarry stone and estimated as being 160 million years old. The pub was once used by smugglers as the inn is situated on the old Poole to Warminster Road. The inn has so much history it is well worth a visit.
Taxes
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Crime and Legal Matters
Animal Related Crime
Bastardy
Crime Reports
Debtors
Prisoners in Fisherton Gaol 1761
Firearms and Weapons Crime
Poaching
Prisons and Prisoners
Convicts sent to Prison Hulks 1823-1842
Theft
Motoring Crime
Charge of Allowing A Boy Under 16 to Drive a Tri-Car 1937
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
Chilmark School School Treat 1885 School Statistics 1900-1938 School Inspection Report 1963 School Inspection Reports 1930 – 1935 Ofsted Report 2008
Emigration and Migration
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.
Benjamin Beckett 1723 Thomas Beavis 1749 William Bowles 1743 James Brooks 1755
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
James Goodfellow 1836 John Howell 1851
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Fairs, Fetes and Markets
Winners at Salisbury Sheep Fair 1878
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Union Baptist Chapel, Ridge
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agricultural Societies
Wiltshire Agricultural Society Annual Meeting 1848
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Census
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
1841 Census: note that the transcript refers to an area called “Rudge” which is in fact the Tithing of Ridge. The original census document clearly uses the word Rudge but the Tithing has never been called that – it is just an anomoly in the recording of the name.
Election, Polls and Voters List
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
Miscellaneous Items
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Taxes
Knight Compositions 1628 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
William, Earl of Pembroke 1630
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
RAF Chilmark
Little Trains of RAF Chilmark Little Trains Photo Gallery
WWII
Retired Service Personnel
Lieutenatant General Sir Robin Macdonald Carnegie 1926-2011
Ridge
People and Parish Notables
Family Notices
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Casualties of WWI
Acknowledgements
Many items on this page are the work of former OPC Eileen Barnett to whom we give grateful thanks.
