The OPC is Steve Calder
Derry Hill & Pewsham Photo Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Calne – Chippenham – Chittoe – Lacock
Websites of Interest
Bowood House – Country House Website.
Derry Hill – Village Historical Information covering Derry Hill and Studley
The Parish Church of Christchurch
Christchurch Gallery Christchurch Interior Gallery
Churchyard Gallery (Permanent) Churchyard Memorials Gallery Churchyard Survey
Church News
Farmers to Help with Church Build 1838
Churchyard
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1840-1975
Marriages 1842-1986
Burials 1840-1932
Parish History
Derry Hill is situated 3 miles east of Chippenham and grew up around Bowood House, the seat of the Marquis of Lansdowne, providing houses for the estate workers.
Christchurch was built c.1839 in the Victorian style. It was used regularly by the Lansdowne family instead of their own private chapel for large family weddings and burials.
Pewsham although listed as a parish by Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre does not in fact have a church of its own and its sparse number of residents would have attended other churches in the Calne and Chippenham areas. Pewsham is now a large residential area near to both Chippenham and Calne. Pewsham was also know as Old Derry Hill
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Calne Registration District
April 1836 – Present Chippenham Registration District
Buildings and Land
Inquisition of Richard Westfield 1625 (Pewsham)
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1811
Public Houses
Lansdowne Arms
Crime and Legal Matters
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879 Bastardy Examinations 1861 Bastardy Examination Archard v Simmonds 1861
Directories
Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 (Calne without) Swindon & District 1928 (Derry Hill) Kellys 1931
Education
Emigration and Migration
To Canada
Assisted Emigration to Quebec 1871
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Wage Rise for Labourers 1838
Apprentices
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
William Gingell 1913 Albert Richard Kilmister 1855
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Studley Wesleyan Chapel Sunday School Librarian’s Register 1899-1910 [This item also appears on the Bremhill (Studley) Section but appears here since many of those named are from the Derry Hill Area even though no residence detail is recorded]
Associations, Clubs, Organisations & Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
The 1841 & 1861 Census transcripts combine the areas of Derry Hill that were enumerated as being in Bremhill, Calne and Pewsham
Elections and Polls
Voters Lists Revisions 1843 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
Inquests and Coroners Bills
Miscellaneous
Residents Mentioned in Kilvert’s Diary 1870-1879
Personal Research Items
Townsend Family
Pete Townsend has produced a valuable family history on his website
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
Subscribers
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
Parishioners Wills
Probate Extracts
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorial & Military Gallery
Calne & District Casualty Lists 1914-1918 Derry Hill & Studley War Memorial
WWI
Casualties
Newspaper Reports
Frederick William Gingell 1917
Bowood
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Ex Servant Caught in Possession of Stolen Goods 1822
Directories
Post Office 1855 Kellys 1867 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 Kellys 1931
Employment
Agriculture & Land
Estate Workers Collection for Widow 1896
Aviation
Aviator’s Certificate – Michael Francis Phillips 1947
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations & Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Family Notices
Parish Notables
Jan (John) Ingenhousz, Physiologist, Biologist & Chemist – 8 December 1730 – 7 September 1799 Joseph Priestley, Chemist, 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804
Lansdowne Family
Lansdowne Family Tree 1623-2008 Funeral of the Marquis 1866 News from Bowood House 1900-1902
War, Conflict and Military Matters
V.A.D. & Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1918
Pewsham
Crime and Legal Matters
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832
Family Notices
Probate
Parishioners Wills
Abel Gee Proved 1756 (Extract)
Probate Indexes
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Memorial Streets Pewsham Memorial Streets Gallery
