The OPC is Val Everson
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Britford – Homington – Martin – Netherhampton – Rockbourne (HAM) – Stratford Tony – Whitsbury
Websites of Interest
Coombe Bissett Church Memorials
The Parish Church of St. Michael & All Angels
The church of St. Michael and All Angels is in the centre of the village; the War Memorial is in the churchyard near the lychgate, and the parish pound just outside. To the north of the churchyard, beyond the Yew Trees planted in 1845 by Thomas Kimber, the Parish Clerk at the time, lies the Donkey Field, named after donkeys Jack and Jane, owned by the village carrier, Widow Rideout in the mid 19th Century. She appears in the 1851 Census aged 84 as a common carrier.
St. Michael’s Gallery St. Michael’s Interior Gallery St. Michael’s Churchyard Gallery
Combe Bissett Protestation Record 1641-1642 Church Matters 1800-1999 Church Reseated 1845 New Priest Ordained by Bishop of Salisbury 1861
Benefactions Board 1892 Incumbents Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions Interior Wall Memorial Inscriptions
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Please note that some of the transcriptions above are incomplete due to the condition of the original registers from which the transcript was taken
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1636-1988
Marriages 1637-1978
Burials 1637-1954
Other Resources
Parish History
Coombe Bissett is situated two miles South West of Salisbury where the Blandford Road and River Ebble run side by side. The villages dates back about 5000 years and some iron age farm steads are still visible.
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Pewsey Registration District
April 1936 – Present Devizes Registration District
Recommended Reading
From Wiltshire to Wales – by Ray Palmer (Published by Tricorn Books 2016, ISBN-10: 1909660639, ISBN-13: 978-1909660632).
The story of the Palmer family of Coombe Bissett and Cardiff, from the 14th century to the 20th century.
Buildings and Land
Fires
Landowners
Public Houses
Fox and Goose, Blandford Road
Is a former 18th century coaching inn sat on the Harnham-Blandford Trust Turnpike. The gate house toll was just up the road from the pub on the left travelling towards Salisbury.
Jervoise Arms
Now Closed.
Lamb and Flag
Now closed
Crime and Legal Matters
Assaults
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1787-1833
General Crime
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Crime Reports 1850-1899
Swing Riots
Swing Riots at Bartlet Pinneger’s Farm 1830-1831
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
A National School was established here
Emigration and Migration
Books
From Wiltshire to Wales by Ray Palmer
General Items
Employment and Business
Agriculture & Land
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Wiltshire Constabulary 1858 Police Inspector A. E. Mitchell 1887-1940 Health & Pension of P.C. Joseph Mizen 1905
Markets
Miscellaneous Documents
Mrs. Ridout and the Coombe Express
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
New Chapel – Laying of Memorial Stones 1894
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871 Ladies Working Party Presentation to Mrs. Rose 1896
Celebrations
John Judd 100th Birthday Celebrations 2008
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls & Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Fairs
Winners at Salisbury Sheep Fair 1878
Family Notices
Inquest Reports
James Chant 1861 George Harding 1858 Samuel Vincent 1900
Parish Notables
Rick Parfitt – Musician and Songwriter best known as the guitarist with Rock Band Status Quo. Born in Woking, Surrey on the 12th October 1948 – Died in Marbella, Spain on 24th December 2016. Long term resident of the parish.
Pleydell-Bouverie Family
Taxes
Tax List 1332 Knights Compositions 1628 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Alderbury Union Elected Guardians 1835 Workhouse Audit 1858
Overseers
Probate
National Probate Index 1859-1966
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Boer War
Casualty – Edwin George Ovens 1871-1900
WWI
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Coombe Bissett & Homington WWI Roll of Honour
