OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Dilton – Frome (SOM) – Upton Scudamore – Warminster
Websites of Interest
Jim Parsons Home Pages – I have some transcripts of Parish Registers on the OPC page in the Wiltshire section of my personal website
The Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
St Margaret of Antioch is the Parish Church for Corsley, situated on the Chapmanslade side of the village. A “Chapel-of-ease” is located at Temple, see later on this page.
St. Margaret’s Gallery St. Margaret’s Interior Gallery St. Margaret’s Churchyard Gallery St. Margaret’s Churchyard Extension Gallery
Interesting Entries in the Parish Register 1700-1750 Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Please note that the baptisms 1686-1799 have large gaps in the transcripts.
Marriages
1725-1749 1750-1774 1775-1799 1800-1825
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1686-1978
Marriages 1686-1973
Burials 1686-1881
Parish History
This Parish has two main churches – St. Margaret of Antioch and St. Mary’s. The parish also includes Chapmanslade and Short Street
Mr. Coombes, the silk manufacturer of Corsley gave a dinner once a month to all people in the parish with only one leg, one arm or one eye.
An Economic & Historical Survey of the Parish of Corsley
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Warminster Registration District
Buildings and Land
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842 Owners of Land 1873
Public Houses
Cross Keys Friendly Society 1888
Crime and Legal Matters
Capital Punishment
John Gurd Sentenced to Death 1892
General Crime
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Crime Reports 1850-1899
Murder
Double Murder in Wiltshire 1892
Victims
Sergeant Enos Molden 1843-1892 Murder on the Beat 2008
Prisons and Prisoners
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834 Aspects of the Life of the Wiltshire Agricultural Labourer c1850
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.
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
Harriett Sarah Hopkins 1862 Thomas Hopkins 1858-1862 William Tanner 1835
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Wiltshire Constabulary 1858 Jess Barlow Police Constable 1885-1910
Exhibitions
Warminster Industrial Exhibition 1869
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
For Chapmanslade see section at the bottom of the page
Baptist Chapel
New Harmonium for the Baptist Chapel 1872
Baptist Chapel, Chapmanslade
Congregationalist Chapel, Chapmanslade
Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan)
Sts. Philip & John, Chapmanslade
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Census Returns Transcript
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 Poll Book 1865 Voting Revisions Barristers Court 1890 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
Family Notices 1800-1849 Life Events Published in Warminster Parish Magazine 1901 Life Events Published in Warminster Parish Magazine 1902
Inquest Reports
Inquest Report of Charles Pearce 1846 Inquest on George Udall 1885
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Parishioners Wills
Ebenezer Coombes proved 1776 James Sainsbury Proved 1845
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Boer War
Veteran – Wilfred Alfred Wright 1901-1902
General Items
WWI
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Soldiers of the Parish Buried Elsewhere in the UK
WWII
Home Guards 1940-1944 St. Margaret WWII Memorial
Chapmanslade
The Church of Sts. Philip and James
Sts. Philip & James
Buildings and Land
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports 1850-1899 Loitering Outside Chapel 1864
Directories
Employment and Business
Apprentices
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Census Return Transcripts
See under Corsley Parish
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 of 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 Poll Book 1818 (Short Street)
Family Notices
Inquests
Parish Notables
Clare Grant 1867-1949
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
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
James, Earl of Marlborough 1633 Henry, Earl of Marlborough 1638
Parishioners Wills
Catherine Culverhouse Proved 1744
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Servicemen and Women
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
Casualties
WWII
Civilian Casualties 1939-1945
Temple
Websites of Interest
Friends of Friendless Churches
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
An early 20th-century private chapel built in the Arts & Crafts style.
St. Mary’s is a “chapel of ease” built in the late perpendicular style by the Barton Trust and funded by Mary Barton in memory of her husband and son. The first service was held in 1903.
St. Mary’s Gallery St. Mary’s Interior Gallery
