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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Berwick Bassett – Broad Hinton – Broad Town – Hilmarton – Lyneham – Tockenham – Winterbourne Bassett – Wootton Bassett
Websites of Interest
Clyffe Pypard – Community Website
The Parish Church of St. Peter
On a wooded hillside above the Vale of Dauntsey is the church of St. Peter’s at Clyffe Pypard, a 15th century building with a graceful nave terminating eastward in a rood screen. There is a fine pulpit of 1629 and a large 14th century brass figure of a knight. At the west end of the south aisle is a monument depicting the life size figure of a Georgian carpenter.
St. Peter’s Gallery St. Peter’s Interior Gallery St. Peter’s Churchyard Gallery
St.Peter’s Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions St. Peter’s Churchyard Plot Map St. Peter’s Churchyard Plot Details
Church Officials
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Monumental Inscriptions
Explanation of some of the data/fields in the table. This data has been transcribed from several different sources. It is noticeable that errors have been introduced over the years, probably due to deterioration of the grave stones. Differences have been placed into the Notes field. Entries with no data indicate family members mentioned on grave. A grave number has been allocated to allow for sorting of the data rather than indicating any specific sequence within the churchyard or church. Entries with similar grave numbers indicate data pertaining to the same grave. Monumental Inscriptions
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1597-1985
Marriages 1576-1999
Burials 1576-1992
Records Available from Other Resources
Parish Registers
Interesting Items from the Parish Registers
Marriages
1576-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 1800-1849
Parish History
The parish includes the hamlet of Bushton
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Cricklade Registration District
April 1936 – Present Swindon Registration District
Buildings and Land
Enclosure & Tithe Awards
Enclosure Award 1822 Tithe Award 1844
Land Owners
Inquisition of Lands of William de Sancto Mauro 1297 Owners of Land 1873
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawing North Wilts 1826
Property To be Sold or Let
Public Houses
The Goddard Arms (closed)
Poor Rate Book
Crime and Legal Matters
Directories
Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 Taylors Telephone 1941
Education
Education of the Children of Jasper Ferris 1878
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture
Swindon Livestock Market Prizes 1874
Communications
Postal Services
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations & Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Census Return Transcripts
1697 1701 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Coroners 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 Poll Book 1868 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
General Items
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Inquest Reports
Parish Notables
Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner – Art & Architecture Historian was born in Leipzig, Germany on the 30th January 1902. He died on the 18th August 1983 in London. He and his wife Lola owned a cottage in the village and he was buried in the churchyard of St. Peter.
Personal Research Items
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
Falstone Day Book 1645-1653 Tax List 1697
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Public Assistance Administration 1948
Probate
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Attestation and Discharge Records
Royal Marines
Servicemen and Women
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Front Line Cricket Match Wilts v RAMC 1914-1918 St. Peter’s Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Bushton
Buildings and Land
Crime and Punishment
Arson
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Community Services
Police
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations & Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Inquests
Elections, Polls & voting Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818
