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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Brinkworth – Christian Malford – Great Somerford – Little Somerford – Lyneham – Seagry
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. James the Great
St. James Gallery St. James Interior Gallery St. James Churchyard Gallery
Interesting Entries from the Parish Registers
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
1653-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1800-1812
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1653-1950
Marriages 1653-1999
Burials 1653-1918
BTs 1838-1860 held at Bristol Record Office
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Malmesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Chippenham Registration District
Buildings and Land
Notice of Intended Construction of the Wilts & Berks Canal 1793 Owners of Land 1873
Land Surveys
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1813-1814 Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawing North Wilts 1826
Railway
Dauntsey Railway Station closed in 1965
Utilities
Public Watersupply Imminent 1940
Crime and Legal Matters
Carpenter Claims Unpaid Wages 1843
Directories
Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 Taylors Telephone 1941
Pubs
The Peterborough Arms Hotel
Education
The school register entries were kindly submitted by Pat Bulley
Dauntsey School Admissions Register 1931-1945
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Miscellaneous Documents
This section is awaiting information to be compiled
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Independent Chapel
Providence Baptist Chapel
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations & Societies
Agricultural Societies
Wiltshire Agricultural Show Prize Winners 1904
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Census Returns
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
Electoral Registers & Voters Lists
Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 Electoral Register 1909 (Brinkworth)
Members of Parliament
MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Polls & Poll Books
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818
Family Notices
Family Notices 1800-1849 Family Notices 1850-1899
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
Brinkworth Pony Gymkhana and Sports 1937
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Almshouses
Report on Dauntsey Almshouses 1905
Poor Law Union
Guardians
Election of Guardians 1837 Election of Guardians 1839 Election of Guardians 1844 Nomination of Guardians 1886
Tenders
Medical Services
Probate
Parishioners Wills
Mary Skuse Proved 1731 Susannah Swaine Proved 1789 (Administration) Benjamin Vines Proved 1776
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
| Soldiers Who Died in WWI Named in Calne & District Casualty Lists | Roll of Honour Plaque 1914-1919 | Roll of Honour Plaque 1939-1945 |
| Those Who Served Plaque 1939-1945 |
