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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Ashton Keynes – Blunsdon St Andrew – Broad Blunsdon – Charlton – Eisey – Latton – Leigh – Minety – Purton – South Cerney (GLS)
Websites of Interest
Cricklade
Church Brief for Cricklade 1724/25, Loss by Fire, 1624.l.
Briefs were a way for people to raise money for the rebuilding or repair of their church, or for damage after a natural disaster.
The Parish Church of St. Sampson
The parish church of Cricklade St.Sampson lies right in the north of the county beside the infant River Thames. A large building of cathedral proportion, it is completely over-shadowed by its magnificent central tower. It is a very late example of Gothic architecture dating from the middle of the sixteenth century. The lowermost storey of the tower’s interior is richly ornamented with heraldry. West of the tower is a primitive looking nave with its clumsy piers of plain masonry, much of it dating from pre Conquest days.
St. Sampson’s Gallery St. Sampson’s Interior Gallery St. Sampson’s Churchyard Gallery
Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions Churchyard Burial Plots Interior Memorial Inscriptions
Church News
Clergy
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1672-1915
Marriages 1695-1969
Burials 1695-1937
BTs 1838-1867 held at Bristol Record Office
Parish History
Cricklade St. Sampson is geographically spread out it includes part of the town of Cricklade and extends south. It contains the tything of Chelworth and the township of Whidhill.
Population Figures and Other Information
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Cricklade Registration District
April 1936 – Present Swindon Registration District
Newspapers
| Devizes & Wiltshire Gazette 1816 – Present | Evening Advertiser 1898 – Present | Marlborough Times 1859 – Present |
| North Wilts Herald & Advertiser 1861-1950 | Salisbury Journal 1736-1819 | Swindon Advertiser 1855-1967 |
Twin Towns
Wiltshire’s Twin & Sister Towns
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
Cattle Plague Regulations 1867
Books
Cemetery
Landowners
Maps
Ordnance Map 1816 Ordnance Survey Map 1816 (2) Ordnance Survey Map 1816 (3)
Property Sales
Three Properties for Sale 1890
Public Houses
Turnpikes
Turnpike Road from Faringdon to Cricklade and Malmesbury 1818 Calne, Hilmarton & Lyneham Turnpike Roads 1847
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations Bastardy Examination Eatwell v Hall 1868
Fraud
General Crime
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Crime Reports 1850-1899 Crime Reports 1900-1949
Prisons and Prisoners
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879 Bedford Gaol Prisoner Alfred Broad 1835
Swing Riots
Theft
Directories
Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 Taylors 1941
Education
Blakehill County School
Board School for Girls
British School
Church of England Controlled School
National School for Boys, Girls and Infants
Danvers House Private Boarding School
Forty House Infants School
Charles Hurt Private School
Jenner’s
Ladies School, High Street
Misses S & E Laws School
Misses Lovett & Maslen School
Mary Morse School
Prior Park Preparatory School
Misses A. & Jane Rew’s School
Misses M & S Robins School
St. Mary’s School
St. Mary’s Girls School
St. Sampson Church of England Junior School
St. Sampson Day School for Boys, Girls and Infants
Elizabeth Withers School
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Apprentices
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
| Alfred Broad 1848-1850 | Albert Fachney Carter 1855 | William George Dafter 1877 | Edward William Saunders 1861 | Henry Saunders 1868 |
| John Joseph Saunders 1863 | William Saunders 1875 | Frederick Telling 1876 |
Aviation
Aviators Certificate for George Ramsey 1935
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
General Employment Items
Hair Powder Tax Stamps Distributors 1801 Employment & Business News 1850-1899
Inventors and Patents
Markets
Monthly Markets 1838 Markets 1850-1899
Medicine
Medical Licence Directory Extract – John Bartholomew 1671 General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Newspapers
Agents for the Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard Newspaper 1837
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Congregation Chapel
Methodist Church
Particular Baptist Chapel
Primitive Methodist Chapel
Society of Friends (Quakers)Salvation Army
St. Helen Chapel
St. Mary Church of England & St. Mary Roman Catholic Church) (see tab below)
United Church
United Reformed Church
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Sunday School Exam Success 1963
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agricultural Societies
Wiltshire Agricultural Society Annual Meeting 1848
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Women’s Groups
Women’s Missionary Federation Meeting 1941
Bankruptcy
Census Returns Transcripts
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
Divorce
Decree – Bolton v Bolton & Page 1861
Elections, Politics, Polls and Voters Lists
Parliamentary Petitions
Family Notices
1700-1799 1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-1949
Miscellaneous Items
People News 1850-1899 Five Monarchs of Wiltshire Widows Lifetimes 1904 Childrens Corner Evening Advertiser 1948
Obituaries
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
Taxes
Wedding Reports
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Workhouse Crime 1835-1850 Cricklade & Wootton Bassett Union News 1850-1899 Adult Paupers for 5 years Consecutive in Union Workhouse 1861 Public Assistance Administration 1948
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Inquisition of Lands Held 1433 Thomas Phillipps 1628 John Hungerford 1636 Richard Walrond 1640
Parishioners Wills
Henry Henly Proved 1658 (Nuncupative) William Norris Proved 1658 Richard Townsend Proved 1793 Mary Miller Jenner 1832 William Quarrell Proved 1836
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
| Former MP’s Sons 1847 | Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911 | War Memorial | Roll of Honour Plaque |
| Casualties of WWI |
Cricklade St. Mary
Church of St. Mary
St. Mary
St. Mary’s Gallery St. Mary’s Interior Gallery St. Mary’s Churchyard Gallery
Churchyard Monument Inscriptions Churchyard Memorial Survey
Parish Register Transcripts
These can be found at Friends of St. Mary’s Church
Marriages
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1684-1837
Marriages 1686-1899
Burials 1683-1837
BTs 1838-1888 held at Bristol Record Office
History
St. Mary’s is a medieval church which, on becoming redundant in 1981, became the first church in England to be handed back to the Roman Catholic Church since the English Reformation during the reign of King Henry VIII. The church was re-opened as a Catholic Church in 1984 and is painstakingly being restored. For information on the church as one of the catholic faith visit The Parish of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Fairford with St. Mary’s Cricklade
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Cricklade Registration District
April 1936 – Present Swindon Registration District
Buildings and Land
Land Surveys
Employment & Business
Aviation
Aviators Certificates
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Coroners Bills
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1868
Family Notices
Inquest Reports
Probate
Parishioners Wills
Chalcutt
People and Parish Notables
Coroners Bills 1752-1796 Family Notices 1800-1899
Chelworth
Buildings and Land
Crime and Legal Matters
Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Chelworth Mission Room
Widhill
Crime and Legal Matters
Parishioners Eligible to Serve as Jurors 1771