OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Marden – Patney – Urchfont – Wilsford
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
St. John’s Gallery St. John’s Interior Gallery St. John’s Churchyard Gallery
Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers Meeting 1915
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1582-1649 1650-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1800-1849 1850-1875
Marriages
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1579-1986
Marriages 1588-2002
Burials 1588-1987
Parish History
Chirton is also known as Cherrington. Chirton and Conock are the two tithings which make up Chirton parish.
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Devizes Registration District
Buildings and Land
Landowners
Property Sales by Auction
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1858-1873 Webb v Weston 1862
General Items
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Carrying a Gun Without License 1890
Poaching
Chandler Brothers Trespass & Game Charges 1846
Theft
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Gillmans 1900
Education
C 0f E Primary School
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
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.
Aviation
Aviation Certificate Henry Adam 1916
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Members 1827-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
The 1841 Census for Chirton and Conock were destroyed and the residential detail has been lost
Coroner 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 or 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 and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843
Family Notices
Inquest Reports
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Poor Law Union Bread & Flour Contract 1838
Probate
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
From Yorkshire to Lancashire and Places In Between Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Soldiers Who Died in WWI Named in Calne & District Casualty Lists WWI Volunteers of St. John’s Parish
Conock
Conock Road Sign on A342
Crime and Legal Matters
Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)
Henwood & Beare v Myles, Gilbert & Nashe
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Family Notices
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
