OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Bishops Cannings – Rowde – Potterne – Poulshot – Southbroom
Websites of Interest
Wiltshire Museum – Located in Devizes. Local historical information and images.
Devizes Town Website – Dedicated to the history of the town.
Devizes Community History – Historical information for parishes within the Wiltshire County jurisdiction.
Devizes Asylum Website – Burial Lists for the Asylum, County Metal Hospital and Roundway Hospital
Church Matters
Letter of Consternation Regarding Sts. Mary & John Churches 1847 Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers Meeting 1915
Parish History
John Aubrey’s North Wilts 1659
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Devizes Registration District
Corporation and Council News
Manor History
It has been suggested that the name Devizes is a corruption of the Latin Ad DIVIAS – at the Division, the divisions being those of the three adjoining manors, Rowde, Cannings and Potterne, which met precisely at the point where the Castle was founded. It is set right in the heart of Prehistoric England and as early as the 14th Century the town had become one of the principle trading centres of the West. It is one of the oldest Boroughs in the county and, in all probability, owes its origin to the Castle built by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury , about 1080. This castle, built of wood, was destroyed by fire in 1113 and was rebuilt in 1120 by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, who was Chancellor and Treasurer to Henry I., and whose other castles were those of Old Sarum, Sherbourn and Malmesbury. Henry of Huntingdon, writing of it twenty years later, describes it as “a noble castle .. of good strength and beauty .. the most splendid castle in Europe”. St. John’s and St, Mary’s churches were built by Bishop Roger, the former for the castle and garrison, the latter for the towns-people. Though contemporary, the plan of the two churches is distinct. While St. Mary’s from the beginning was “a ruder and simpler structure, furnished with the side aisles and adapted for a larger congregation, St. John’s was evidently the object of more elaborate workmanship and of greater completeness in design”. This observation applies to the two buildings only as they were left by the original architects, for both have undergone much transformation, and today the larger population is around St. John’s with its new housing areas at Hillworth and Broadleas. (source: Church booklet by The Revd. W. D. C. Williams, 1960’s)
Town History
Includes the tithing of Polsham
Facts and Figures About Wiltshire 1874
Books
Chronicles of The Devizes 1839 This item has been published here with kind permission of Keith Scales
Entertainment
New Theatre, Assembly Rooms 1846
High Sheriff Nominations
Twin Towns
Devizes Technically has no twin town – it has sextuplets. As a commercial centre spreading its arms into the countryside around it fulfilled its tag of market town. It has since then seen many a foreign visitor especially during the two World Wars since it was so near to many training camps and airfields for the allied and commonwealth soldiers and airmen that fought the cause so gallantly. Therefore it is of no surprise that Devizes now extends its arms further afield to encompass friendship, trade and tourism through its twinning links with six towns throughout Europe and one in New Zealand. The six are:- Mayenne probably the oldest of the twinned towns since Mayenne Place was built circa late 1950’s early 1960’s and was named after it. Waiblingen is in Germany, Jesi is in Italy, Lesko is in Poland, Tornio is in Finland and finally Oamaru is on the North Island of New Zealand. The latest town to be twinned with Devizes is Baja in Hungary. To find out more about the twinning of these towns please visit the Devizes District Twinning Association Twin Town Gallery Wiltshire’s Twin Towns
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
County Agriculture Report 1847 Rare Birds Shot 1855 Cattle Plague Regulations 1867 Crop Circle Information Centre 2014
Buildings Services
Canal
Kennet & Avon Canal Gallery Devizes Wharf Gallery
General Items
Building & Land News 1800-1849
Indentures
Clarke to Phillips 1748 Indenture for Stonyford Mill, Stanton St. Bernard 1764 Tayler to Tayler 1823 Robertson to Meek 1838 Indenture for Land and Cottages in Coate 1867
Landowners
Inquisition of Lands Held 1433 Owners of Land 1873
Land Tax
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Listed Buildings
British Listed Buildings in Devizes
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1811
Market Place
Market Place Cross – Purpose remembered 1909
Municipal Cemetery
Cemetery Memorials Gallery Devizes Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions
Property to be Let
New Park Street Property to Let 1838 St. John Street Property To Let 1838 Sale of Property in New Park Street 1846 Property to Be Let or Wanted 1850-1899 Castle to Be Sold 1886
Property Sales and Auctions
Property Sale by Auction 1794 Rowde Estate Sale 1874
Public Houses
Antelope
Bear Hotel
Bear Hotel Company (Limited) 1874
Black Horse Inn
Creditors Notice for Christian Young, Black Horse Inn 1813
Dolphin Inn
For Sale Notice 2020
Queens Head, Dunkirk Hill
Royal Oak
Sale of Contents of the Royal Oak Inn 1846
Quakers Walk
Railways
Wilts., Somerset & Weymouth Railway Shareholders Meeting 1846 Great Western Railway Timetable Changes 1874
Roads and Highways
Sheppards Shord and Sand Lane Turnpike 1789 Lease of Toll Gates West Lavington to Seend 1799 Paving and Street Lighting 1825
Crime and Legal Matters
Agricultural
Chandler Brothers Trespass & Game Charges 1846 Dispute as to a Rick of Hay 1890 Damages Against Farmer’s Son 1925
Animal Crime
Assaults
Captain Crowe Chastises Fellows 1869 Thomas Bailey Against Mary Jane Amada 1870 Assaulting A Wife 1874
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1845-1879
Business Crime
Quarters Sessions Presentation of Roger Flower 1603 Horse Dealers Resist Bailiff 1878 Hawking Without A License 1889
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment in Wilshire 1800-1827
Courts
Small Debt Court – Sainsbury & Saunders v Wheeler 1847 Action For Slander 1866 Committed to the County Gaol 26.5.1874
Debtors
Prisoners in Fisherton Gaol 1761
Petty Sessions
11 April 1846 13 April 1846 June 1847 (1) June 1847 (2) 8 July 1874
Drunk and Disorderly
Disorderly & Refusing to Quit a Public House 1874 Squabble at the Old Crown Inn 1874 Street Fighting 1890
Fines
Forgery
Charge of Uttering a Forged Cheque 1879 Fake Notes in Circulation 2014
Fraud
Case Against Devizes Postmaster 1757
General Items
| Crime Reports 1700-1799 | Crime Reports 1800-1849 | Magistrates Define – What is a Trap 1847 |
| Crime Reports 1850-1899 | Breach of Promise to Marry 1878 | Crime Reports 1900-1949 |
| Crime Reports 1950-1999 |
Highway Robbery
Robbed of Watch on Highway 1791
Motoring Offences
Road Rage 1928 Motorcar Collided with Lorry 1934
Murder
Prisons and Prisoners
Quarter Sessions
Wilts Quarter Sessions Business Meeting 1884
Court Appearances
| John Amor 1870 | Samuel Andrews 1910-1911 | Samuel Andrews 1910 | George Angell 1871 | Ernest Aust 1905 |
| John Bailey 1869 | John Bailey 1873 | James Ball 1875 | Moses Pickwick Bath 1875 | Sarah Batt 1870 |
| Jessie Watson 1882 |
Rewards
Theft
Transportation
Transportation of Prisoners 1827 Crime & Clemency of James Brodie 1828-1841
Directories
Pigots 1822 Post Office 1875 Gilmans 1882
Education
St. Peter’s CofE Primary School, Bath Road – Please see St. Peter’s tab below.
Emigration and Migration
Assisted Emigration
Adverts
Assisted Emigration Advert 1848
To Australia
South Australia
Assisted Passage to South Australia 1874
Home Contact Requests
Strays
Employment and Business
Commercial & Industrial Gallery
Advertising
Bill Posters Situations Vacant & Wanted 1800-1899 Newspaper Advertisements 1850-1899
Agriculture
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
Aviation
Aviators Certificates
William Leonard Frank Holmes A’Court 1931 John Armour 1935 Robert John Allan Church 1948
Banking & Finance
Ramsbury Building Society Advertisement Devizes Savings Bank Letter to Editor 1847
Books and Stationers
N. B. Randle Bookseller Sale List 1838 W. B. Jones – Tarling’s Metallic Ink Suppliers 1846
Ceremonial Duties
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Policing and Civic Duties 1847 Old Charley to be Replaced 1847 Wiltshire Constabulary 1858 P.C. Frank Wilmot Gray 1906-1929
Metropolitan Police Pensions Records
William Amber 1867-1892 Joseph Ashley 1852-1869
Engineering
County Surveyor Application of Henry Weaver 1858
Fashion and Materials
Cox & North Dissolve Partnership 1812 Change of Proprietor 1846 Fashion Shop Advertisements 1846 W & G Smith 1847
Food and Drink
W & G Smith 1847 William Read Business Advert 1847 Price of Meat 1874
Brewing
Beerex Festival 1976 Wadworths Cut Horsemen’s Jobs 2014
General Items
Business & Employment News 1800-1899 Free Trade Debate 1846
Inventors and Patents
Law
Articles of Clerkship Richard Crowch 1734
Markets and Fairs
St. Anne’s Hill Fair 1823 Markets 1846 Markets 1847 Market Tolls 1847 Livestock Sales at Market 1850-1899 Markets 1850-1899 Christmas Fare 1870
Medical
Dentistry
Doctors, General Practitioners and Surgeons
Medical License – Marmaduke Byrd 1628 Medical License – Joseph Needham 1701 General Medical Council Registration 1859-1959
Medical Supplies and Services
J. T. Heard, Agent for Salmon, Ody & Co. Trusses 1846 Magnetic Electricity Therapy 1890
Trades Unions
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
The Act of Toleration 1689 permitted freedom of worship to Dissenters on condition they registered their meeting places.
Meeting House Certificates 1689-1852 Temperance Lecture 1874
St. Mary’s Independent Chapel (Northgate Street)
The original iron gates still exist and include the words “St Mary United Reform Church”. The first Pastor was Robert Sloper who was involved in the formation of the Chapel in 1776/77; his life and the history of the Chapel can be found by visiting Devizes Heritage. The chapel is now a private dwelling.
The Independent Chapel, Northgate Street, (sometimes called St. Mary’s Chapel) affords accommodation for 750 persons. Minister Rev. William Kingsland. Deacons Messrs. T. Baker, H. Cunningham, C. Gillman and Joseph Sloper, Jnr.. The Sunday School contains 250 children, under the instruction of 35 teachers; Superintendent Mr J. Sloper, Jnr. Services are held on Sunday morning and evening and on Tuesday and Friday evenings. The Chapel has recently undergone at a considerable cost an extensive series of repairs and improvements with the view of affording additional comfort and accommodation to worshippers. [Gillman’s Devizes Public Register, Business Directory & Almanac 1861.]
St. Mary’s Independent Chapel Gallery
Baptisms 1780-1808 Burials 1780-1814
The Baptist Chapel (Maryport Street)
History and Founding Members Family Notices 1800-1899
New Baptist Chapel
James Biggs, a Calvinistic Baptist, who had been a member of the Back Street Baptist Chapel in Trowbridge before studying at Bristol Academy became minister of the Presbyterian chapel in Devizes. Shortly after this, seceders from the Old Baptist chapel joined the Presbyterians for worship in their Sheep Street chapel and the establishment of the New Baptist Church can be dated from the pastorate of Biggs. In 1807 the two groups agreed to take communion together and in 1820 they became the ‘United Society’ although their home was still called the Presbyterian chapel. The Baptists were growing in numbers and in 1848 the two groups formally united. In 1851 it was resolved to build a new chapel as a Baptist Church and invite the Presbyterians to occupy it. The chapel was opened in 1852, in Sheep Street next to the Presbyterian chapel, with seating for 700 and a schoolroom. This was during the pastorate of Charles Stanford who drew large congregations, including wealthy townspeople. He evangelized the area, introduced cottage preaching and later became a national Baptist leader. In 1851 the average congregation was 260 but on census Sunday there were 344 in the morning and 404 in the evening. By 1852 the congregation had doubled in size. The old meeting house was demolished and the site added to the burial ground of the chapel. In 1874 the schoolrooms were enlarged and there were restorations of the chapel in 1901, when gas lighting was introduced, and in1927, when electricity was provided. The roof was re-slated in the 1960s and there were many improvements in the 1970s. In 1978 and 1988 the Baptist Housing Association built the adjacent flats, partly on church land. In 1989 a major improvement scheme was carried out. [Wiltshire Community History website.]
New Baptist Chapel images. There are no images for this gallery at present – if anyone has a photograph of the chapel as it once was or has a photograph of the building today that they would be willing to share with us please submit this to either the OPC or to the Administrator both may be contacted via the contact us tab at the top of the page. Thank you.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception R.C. Church
There were no known Roman Catholics in Devizes before 1767 when there were three. By 1861 there were about 20 worshipping at Chippenham. The first Mass centre in Devizes was a disused warehouse in Monday Market Street under Father Larive, a Salesian missionary. This was served from Chippenham until 1864 and in 1865 the present church was opened. At first it was an aisleless rectangular building of five bays which was restored in 1887. In 1909 a chancel, sacristy and bell cote were added. From 1865 the Sisters of the teaching order of St. Joseph of Annecy had a school in the church and, by 1868, in a separate schoolroom. Their convent is close to the church. For further information visit Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Website Our Lady Gallery
Marriage Report of Alfred Weston & Grace Harris 1924
Salem Baptist Chapel 1838-1895 (New Park Street)
Salem (Baptist) Chapel has sittings for 350 persons. Minister Mr T. Dangerfield. Deacons Messrs. H. Ellen, D. Wiltshire and S. Phipp. The Sunday school contains about 50 scholars with 7 teachers. Superintendent Mr J. Stevens. [Gillman’s Devizes Public Register, Business Directory & Almanac 1861] Salem Baptist Chapel Gallery
Sheep Street Baptist Church
Church Web Site Sheep Street Baptist Church Gallery
Society of Friends/Quakers (Sussex Wharf)
There were Quakers in the Devizes area in the 1650s and in 1658 Samuel Noyes, their leader, was prosecuted for ‘brawling in church’. A burial ground was acquired in 1665, probably in Hillworth Park, where one existed in 1759. In 1669 there was a meeting in the house of John May with attendances of 80-100 people. By 1682 John Clark’s house was licensed and others followed later. In 1702 a newly erected house at 23 High Street was certified for meetings and this became the sole meeting place. Anglicans and other nonconformist denominations helped in the building of this house. During the 18th century many leading families in the town were Quakers and the meetings were also attended by non Quakers. In the 1790s there were about 30 Friends and the meeting house remained in use until 1826. The meeting then lapsed and the house was sold in 1840. The meeting revived in 1853 and the old meeting house was re-purchased in 1858, remaining in use until the 1870s. The meeting was discontinued in 1879 and the house was again sold in 1884. It was re-occupied between 1903 and 1907 by a small number of Friends. [Source: Wiltshire Community History website]
St. Andrew’s Methodist Church (Long Street)
The evangelistic revival movement within the Anglican Church traces its roots to Reverend John Wesley. Devizes Heritage – For the history of the Methodist church. St. Andrew’s Gallery
People and Parish Notables
The gallery contains images of people from the Devizes area. If anyone has images that they would be willing to share or if anyone can identify the images that have missing information in their tags please get in touch with the Administrator via the contact us tab at the top of the page. Devizes People Gallery
Accidents
Coach Accident 1854 Accidental Shooting 1859 Accident to a Child 1890 Carriage Accident at Rowde 1890
Associations, Clubs, Organisations, and Societies
Agricultural Societies
Wiltshire Agricultural Society Annual Meeting 1848
Ancient Order of Foresters
Ancient Order of Foresters 1800-1899
Bear Club
Scouts & Guides
Brownies Celebrate 100 Years 2014
Friendly & Provident Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871 Labourer’s Friend Society Meeting 1833 Juvenile Provident Society Meeting 1838
Odd Fellows
Invitation Dinner by the Odd Fellows 1867
Bankruptcy
Coroners Bills
Deaths
Sudden Death of Mr. Hopkins 1890 Sudden Death of Tramp 1890 Sir William John Jenks 1957
Elections, Politics, Polls and Voters Lists
Elections
County Council Election Notice 1925
General Politics
1800-1899 Politics in East Wilts 1890
Members of Parliament
Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818
Voters Lists
Entertainment, Celebrations Fairs and Fetes
Devizes Green Fair 1765 Devizes Celebrates Hunt Ball 1929 Whitsuntide Celebrations 1874
Family Notices
Undefined Dates 1700-1799 1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-1949 1950-1999
Funeral Notices and Reports
James Bond 1936 Jabez Wiltshire at Calne 1940
Inquest Reports
Inquest Reports 1800-1849 Man Shot Himself 1904 Labourer Killed by Petrol Tanker 1924 Suicide on Railway Line 1928
| Bamber Infant Twins 1855 | William Bower 1846 | Infant Gunstone 1853 | Robert Nash 1827 | James Phillips 1846 |
| Male Child of Ada Wells 1892 |
Miscellaneous Items
Obituaries
Parish Notables
| Sir Harold Walter Bailey, Scholar of Linguistics 1899-1996 | James Bittner, Footballer 1982- | Sally Clark, Solicitor, Wrongly Convicted of Murdering her two infant sons |
| David Domoney, Horticulturist and TV Gardner, 1963- | Fanny Duberly Soldiers Wife 1829-1902 | Anne Dunham, British Para-Olympian Dressage Representative |
| Paul Fletcher, Australian Politician, 1965- | David Inshaw, Artist | A. W. Lawrence, Classical Historian, 1900-1991 |
| Sir Thomas Lawrence, Portrait Painter | Sybil Lethbridge, Author | Jillie Mack, Actress |
| Simon May, Songwriter, 1914- | Daphne Oram, Composer, 1925-2003 | Richard of Devizes, English Chronicler (late 12th Century) |
| Clive Robertson, Actor, 1965- | Ernest Shackleton, Explorer | William Heath Strange, Physician. 1837-1907 |
People
Benjamin Webb, Miser Mid 1700s Strange But True, Ruth Pierce 1753 William Pitt The Younger – Devizes Visit 1798 People News Reports 1800-1849
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
Thomas White Genealogy Research – This item was submitted by John Pope from personal research
Sport
Cycling
National Cyclists Union Meeting in Bristol 1888
Shooting
Subscriptions
Fifth Annual Report for Negro Emancipation 1830 Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Taxes
Tax List 1332 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Wedding Reports
Richard Cordell Newbury & Joyce Mabyn Tomkinson 1951
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Although the Poor Law Union was named the Devizes Poor Law Union the building was in fact in the parish of Southbroom. Therefore any documents relating to the Union or the Workhouse will be found on the Southbroom Parish Page. Documents relating to people from the parishes of Devizes connected to the Poor Law Union will be published here. Prior to 1834 Inmates may well have been sent to the Workhouses at either Market Lavington or Rowde.
| Workhouse Crime 1835-1850 | Charity Trustees Meeting 1838 | Game keeper to Face Workhouse 1838 | Meat Contract for Workhouse 1838 |
| Poor Law Union Bread & Flour Contract 1838 | Charity Trustees Meeting 1847 |
Charity
Tow Path Walk for RUH Bath 2014
Guardians
Hospitals, Dispensaries & Charitable Health Care
Devizes Dispensary Annual Meeting 1846
Inmates
Relieving Officers
Union Relieving Officer Appointment 1846
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966 Probate Notice of Thomas Phillips 1766 Admin Bond of John Pope 1815 Estate of Catherine Purrier 1870
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Edward Pleydell 1633 Griffin Nicholas 1635 Michael Drewe 1633
Legacy Notices
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Chelsea Pensioners 1808-1828 Concert in Aid of the Troops 1863 Prisoner of War Camps 2010
Barracks, Billets and Buildings
Militia Stores, Hospital and a New Commission 1854 Billeting of Soldiers 1872 Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
Boer War
Return of the Wiltshire Regiment 1902
Crimean War
Veterans
Death of William Ritch Sudweeks 1903
Medal Recipients
Victoria Cross
William Henry Thomas Sylvester 1855 Maurice Albert Wyndham Rogers 1944
Military News
Military News Reports 1700-1799 Military News 1850-1899
Napoleonic Wars
Deserters
Reservists
John Abrams 1803 Thomas Alford 1803
Veterans
Royal Navy
Deserters in Australian Newspapers 1839 Survivor John Heard, HMS Captain 1870
War Memorials and Plaques
Oddfellows Memorial WWI War Memorial is Listed 2013
Wiltshire Regiments and Yeomanry
Drummer Boy Volunteers for Service in Corfu 1855 Devizes (5th Wilts.) Rifle Volunteers Annual Meeting Report 1874
WWI
Horses for the Army 1914-1918 Saved by a Tobacco Tin 1914-1918 Service Exemption Tribunals 1914-1918 Letter from the Front 1917 War Office Letter to Walter H. Long 1919 WWI Devizes Volunteers 1914 WWI Civilian Training Corps 1914
British Red Cross/VAD Service
British Red Cross Museum & Archives Website V.A.D. & Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1918
Volunteers
Memorials & Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Bell Ringers Memorial Book in St. Paul’s Cathedral Library WWI Calne & District Casualty Lists WWI
Casualties
Douglas Gordon Abbot 1915 Joseph Harry (Henry) Green John Lampard 1919 William A. Wheeler 1917 Reginald John Witt 1919
Recruitment
Appeal from the Trenches 1914-1918
Casualties of Men who Enlisted at Devizes but did not Reside There
WWII
Casualty Biographies of WWII Civilian Casualties 1939-1945
War Memorials and Books of Remembrance
Wiltshire Constabulary Casualty Biographies
St. John The Baptist
St. John
Websites
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre – The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies
Devizes Community History – Historical information for parishes within the Wiltshire County jurisdiction.
The Church of St. John the Baptist
Built by Wiltshire’s most prolific builder Bishop Roger of Sarum in 12th Century, the east end of the church has one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in the country. The central tower is large, sturdy and elaborately ornamented. In its interior, the crossing, chancel and transepts all display in their arcading and vaulting a wealth of 12th Century carved decoration.
St.John’s Gallery St.John’s Churchyard Gallery St. John’s Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Church Matters
Church Officials
Churchwardens
Election of Churchwardens 1846
Curates
Embittered Letter from the Assistant Curate 1833
Rectors
Churchyard
Monument in Memory of Drowning Victims 1851
Parish Register Transcripts
Interesting Entries from the Parish Registers
Marriages
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1559-1989
Marriages 1559-1987
Burials 1563-1925
Buildings and Land
Indenture between Anstie and Marshall 1886
Land Surveys
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy Examinations 1845-1876
Employment and Business
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
Ada Best 1901 Charles G. Barrett 1922 H. J. Hillier Brown 1923 Cyril E. Burt 1921 Arthur Leonard Clack 1910 Bob Godden 1922
Medicine
Medical License Extract for Grave Morris 1684
People and Parish Notables
Family Notices 1800-1849 Voters List 1832 Family Notices 1850-1899
Census Returns Transcripts
The 1841 census published here is for enumeration district 1 only which covers the area of the Market, Place, Brittox, St. John Street, Northgate Street and Caen Hill
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict & Military Matters
WWI
Memorials and Commemoration Items
WWI Volunteers of St. John’s Parish
Naval Attestation
St. Mary
St. Mary
The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
St. Mary’s Gallery St. Mary’s Churchyard Gallery St. Mary’s Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
This church closed for services in 2010
Advertising and Promotions
St. Mary’s Church Brochure 2014 St. Mary’s Church Promotional Leaflet 2014
Church Matters
Church Officials
Churchwardens
Parish Register Transcripts
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1569-1910
Marriages 1569-1971
Burials 1569-1936
Buildings and Land
Indentures
Landowners
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy Examinations 1842-1880
Employment & Business
Trades Unions
Robert Edwin Abraham 1913 Charles F. Abrahams 1914-1918
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Please refer to the Main Devizes Section
People and Parish Notables
Coroners Bills 1752-1796 Family Notices 1800-1849 Voters List 1832 Family Notices 1850-1899
Census Returns Transcripts
Personal Research Items
White Surname Burials 1632-1833 – This item was submitted by John Pope from personal research
War, Conflict & Military Matters
WWI
Memorials and Commemoration Items
WWI Volunteers of St. Mary’s Parish
St. Peter
St. Peter
The Parish Church of St. Peter
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1866-1981
Marriages 1868-1977
Burials None
Education
St. Peter’s Church of England School, Bath Road
Employment and Business
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
Emily Maud Hale 1881-1882 (Exhibitioner)
People and Parish Notables
Entertainment
Family Notices
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 WWI War Memorial
Lydeway
Directories
Nursteed
Crime and Legal Matters
Miscellaneous
Importance of Punctuality 1846
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Inquests
War, Conflict and Military Matters
WWI
British Red Cross VAD Service Record for Lonie Burden 1917-1918
