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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Aldbourne – Liddington – Ogbourne St. George – Stratton St. Margaret – Swindon – Wroughton
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of Holy Cross
The church (Holy Cross) has a perpendicular tower and clerestory. transitional arcades, and an early English chancel. Notice (1) royal arms of George IV at west end, north aisle; (2) interesting monument on south wall of nave at west end to Edward Mellish, Gent, of early 18th-cent. date, the figures all having full-bottomed wigs; (3) Jacobean pulpit, restored 1893. Built into the east end of the church is an old carving of the Crucifixion. [source: The Little Guide, Methuen 1949]
Income of the Living 1757 Church Matters 1700-1799 Church Matters 1800-1849
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Record Transcripts
Interesting entries from the parish registers
Baptisms
1641-1669 1708-1758 1759-1782 1783-1802 1803-1812
Marriages
Burials
1641-1669 1712-1758 1759-1783 1784-1812
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1641-1948
Marriages 1654-1987
Burials 1641-1944
Parish History
Chiseldon (ceosel-dun = gravel down) lies in a gap on the north side of the Marlborough Downs with fine views over the flat country to the north. The old village is charming, but much modern development has grown up as the result of a large military camp established here after 1914. [source: The Little Guide, Methuen 1949]
The parish of Chiseldon was combined with that of Draycote Foliat and includes the tythings of Burderop, Badbury and Hodson. The parish can also be spelt as Chisledon or Chiselton
Civil Registration
1837 – 1898 Highworth Registration District
1898 – Present Swindon Registration District
Buildings and Land
Enclosure Awards 1780 Inclosure Award Extract 1780 Owners of Land 1873
Cemetery
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1818
Property For Sale
Freehold Estate for Auction 1822 (Snodshill)
Railway
Proposed Swindon, Marlborough & Andover Railway 1872
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Illegitimate Child, Fuller vs Edwards 1874
Court Cases
Throwing Trees, Waldron vs Twine 1878
Crime Reports
Drunk and Disorderly
Prisons and Prisoners
Convicts sent to Prison Hulks 1823-1842
Quarter Sessions
Court Appearances
Swing Riots
Special Constables 1830 Trials 1831
Theft
Timothy Osmond – Two Counts of Theft 1836
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Swindon & District 1928 Post Office Telephone 1940 Swindon & District 1951
Education
Diocesan Board of Education Meeting 1874
Emigration and Migration
Strays
Employment and Business
Advertising
Agriculture and Land
Apprentices
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
Caroline Dinah Batt 1853 Thomas Nash 1873 Sidney Cedric Hulbert Noble 1911
Communications
British Postal Services Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Metropolitan Police Pensions Record – Samuel Archer 1851-1868 Wiltshire Constabulary 1858
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
There were Methodist and Primitive Methodist Chapels here.
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Military Organisations
British Legion
Census Returns Transcripts
1697 1701 1702 1705 1787 1841 1851 1881 1891 1901
Coroner Bills
Elections, Polls & Voting Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters List Revisions 1843 Poll Book 1868 Electoral Lists Revision Court 1902
Family Notices
Funeral Reports
Miscellaneous Items
Knight Compositions 1628 Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Personal Research Items
Pope
Pope Surname Parish Register Extracts to 1837
Tuck
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – These items were 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 references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Removal Orders 1748-1836 Medical Relief 1837 Poor Law Union Supplies 1847 Public Assistance Administration 1948
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Probate Court Cases
Equity Case, Nash vs Norton 1878
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
Chelsea Pensioners
WWI
British Red Cross/VAD Volunteers
War Memorials & Memorial Books
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
WWII
Prisoners of War
Badbury
Buildings and Land
Inclosures
Inclosure Award Extract 1748-1749
Public Houses
Crime and Legal Matters
Quarter Sessions
Court Appearances
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
1697 1701 1702 1705 1787 1841 1851 1881 1891 (with Coate) 1901 (with Coate)
Elections, Polls & Voting Lists
Family Notices
Taxes
Tax List 1332 Knight Compositions 1628
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Robert Harding alias North 1631 William Lamborne 1639
Burderop
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agricultural Societies
Wiltshire Agricultural Society Annual Meeting 1848
Census Returns Transcripts
1697 1701 1702 1705 1787 1841 (with Hodson) 1851 (with Hodson) 1881 (with Hodson) 1891 (with Hodson)
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 (Burderop)
Draycot Foliat
Parish Church
The church here was demolished and materials used to build the Draycote Aisle at Holy Cross, Chiseldon.
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1817-1820
Marriages 1813-1818
Burials 1817-1830
Village History
Civil Registration
1837 – 1898 Highworth Registration District
1898 – Present Swindon Registration District
Buildings and Land
Crime and Legal Matters
Plum Saga of Archer, Cook & Whitehorn 1874 Prosecution of Thomas Arkell 1875
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Coroners Bills
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1868
Family Notices
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
Parish Notables
Bishop John Buckeridge, Bishop of Rochester and later of Ely. He was born in the village c1562. He died on 23rd May 1631 in Bromley, Kent and is buried in the parish church of Sts. Peter & Paul.
Taxes
Tax List 1332 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Medical Relief 1837 Poor Law Union Supplies 1847
Hodson
Emigration and Migration
Emigration to South Australia
Baker Family Emigration to South Australia 1851 Letters of Jacob Baker1850-1852
Employment and Business
Agriculture
Aspects of the Life of the Wiltshire Agricultural Labourer c1850
