The OPC is Paul Vivash
Collingbourne Ducis Photo Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Collingbourne Kingston – Fittleton – Ludgershall – North Tidworth
Websites of Interest
Duncan and Mandy Ball’s – Website for photographs of St Andrew’s Church
GenUKI – For information on Wiltshire and Collingbourne Ducis
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre – The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies
Collingbourne Ducis Community History – Historical information for parishes within the Wiltshire County jurisdiction.
The Parish Church of St. Andrew
St. Andrew’s Gallery St. Andrew’s Interior Gallery St. Andrew’s Churchyard Gallery
St.Andrew’s Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Incumbents List 1535-1834 Collingborne Ducis Protestation Return 1641-1642 Grants to Retiring Aged Parish Clerks 1864 Reverend John Dryden Hodgson 1896
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1653-1959
Marriages 1654-2004
Burials 1653-1900
Records available from Other Sources
Parish History
Twin Towns
Collingbourne and District is twinned with Le Merlerault in Normandy, France. The twinning agreement was made in 1992.
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Pewsey Registration District
April 1936 – Present Devizes Registration District
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
Cattle Plague Regulations 1867
Conservation
Conservation Area Statement 2002 Village Design Satement 2003
Fires
Landowners
Land Surveys
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808 Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1809 Conservation Areas 2002
Notable Buildings
Collingbourne Lodge
Sale of Furniture – James Smith 1817
Public Houses
Victualling House License for Robert Fay 1605
Blue Lion, A338
This 18th Century establishment had strong associations with the railway system.
Railways
Savernake Estate
Sale of Savernake Estate 1929 Savernake Estate Sold 1929
Crime and Legal Matters
Animal Crime
Puppy Stolen from Chute 1775 Lamb, Sheep and lead Stealing 1820
Assaults
Bigamy
Married to Three Women 1902-1913
Miscellaneous Items
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Crime Reports 1850-1899
Murder
Murder of Eleanor Lawrence 1849
Theft
Accused of Stealing Beer 1866 John James Bailey 1913
Directories
Universal British 1793-1798 Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1889 Kellys 1915 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
Emigration and Migration
Published in tables from the Poor Law Commissioners Annual Reports for 1835, 1836 and 1847-1848 the following may be of use for tracing missing ancestors. 16 paupers emigrated to Canada under an assisted emigration programme in 1844.
Strays Index Emigrant – William Annetts & Family 1857 Emigrant Thomas Cook and Family, Utah Pioneers 1857-1930
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.
| Apprentice Debentures 1750-1867 | Simon Allen 1724 | John Chandler 1725 | John Fay 1729 |
| George Franklyn 1750 | Benjamin Lawrence 1722 | Richard Lush 1744 | Mary Piper 1720 |
| John Rose 1742 |
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
| George Charles Annetts 1886 | Henry Annetts 1874 | William Henry Cox 1892 | George Mildenhall 1861 |
| Henry Lay Smith 1867-1873 | James Thomas Smith 1902 | John Silver Smith 1861 | Thomas Trueman 1876 |
Communications
Community Services
Police
Metropolitan Police Records
Pelham Puppets
For a history of the company visit the website
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Primitive Methodist Chapel (Cadley) 1880-1983
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Arabella Cook Bitten by Adder 1868 Fatal Boiler Explosion 1873
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871 Inaugural Ploughing Match 1848
Census Returns Transcripts
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, Polls and Taxes
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Polll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 County Council Election Notice 1925 MP Nomonations 2015
Family Notices
1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-1949 1950-1999
Inquest Reports
Death & Inquest on Edward Vivash, Haulier 1905
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
Sport
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Pewsey Union Supplies Tender Notice 1846
Probate
Will and Inventory Extract of Robert Say Proved 1625 National Probate Index 1858-1966
Parishioners Estate Notices
Parishioners Wills
William Fidler proved 1614 Elizabeth Pope Proved 1646
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Manoeuvres
Servicemen and Women
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
Military Service Exemption Tribunals 1914-1918
British Red Cross/Voluntary Aid Detachment
VAD Record for Blanch Bridgman 1915
War Memorials and Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Roll of Honour 1914-1919
WWII
Casualties
War Memorials
Remembrance Day Services
Remembrance Day Verse by Laurence McGowan 2015
