The OPC is Eric Read
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Broad Chalke – Compton Chamberlain – Dinton – Ebbesbourne Wake – Fifield Bavant – Sutton Mandeville – Teffont Evias
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. George
St. George’s Gallery St. George’s Interior Gallery St. George’s Churchyard Gallery
Interesting Entries from the Parish Registers Foffont Protestation Record 1641-1642 Church Matters 1900-1999
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1701-1750 1751-1790 1791-1812 1813-1837
Marriages
1705-1750 1751-1760 1760-1812 1813-1837
Burials
1600-1649 (Incomplete) 1650-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1800-1849
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1541-1923
Marriages 1541-1991
Burials 1541-1942
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Wilton Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
County Agriculture Report 1847
Landowners
Land Surveys
Public Houses
Cross Keys, A30
A 15th century inn full of nooks and crannies. Some of the chalk Fovant Badges can be see from this establishment.
Pembroke Arms, A30
17th century building. The interior holds many items of WWI memorabilia. The raised garden has views of the nearby hills including the old Shaftesbury Drove, an old sheep drove used for driving cattle and sheep from Salisbury and Shaftesbury to Wilton Market.
Sales
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1752-1854
Crime Reports
Debtors
Prisoners in Fisherton Gaol 1761
Poaching
Theft
Crime at Downton Fair 1786 & 1791 Sheep Stealing, Chase and Trial 1863 Thefts by Gypsies 1889
Directories
Education
Mrs. Bidwell’s Boarding School
Mrs. Bidwell’s Boarding School Advert 1830
Emigration and Migration
Australia
New South Wales
Thomas & Grace Baffan 1838 Moses & Jane Goodfellow 1838 James & Mary Lloyd 1852
Queensland
Canada
Assisted Emigration – Thomas & Hester Futcher 1834
Strays
Employment and Business
Agriculture
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834
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
William Hill Antly 1745 Robert Bugden 1729
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Grocers
Futcher – House and Grocer Shop Auction 1859
Markets
Salisbury Christmas Cattle Market 1867
Medicine
General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agriculture
South Newton Agricultural Society Competition 1871
Friendly Societies
Tradesmens Benefit and Friendly Society Anniversary 1878
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
Inquest Reports
Edward Jervis 1832 James Sanger 1846
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
Tax List 1332 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Wilton Union Guardians Appointed 1835 Guardians Dinner & Election of Guardians 1870
Probate
Administration Bonds
Estate & Probate Notices
Estate Notice of William Goodfellow 1789
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
| Richard Westfield 1625 | William, Earl of Pembroke 1630 | Henry, Earl of Marlborough 1638 |
| Matthew Ley 1638 |
Parishioners Wills
Robert Futcher Proved 1821 William Futcher Proved 1849
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
| Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 | St. George Church Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Fovant War Memorial WWI & WWII | St. George Church Roll of Honour 1939-1945 |
Boer War
Reservists Leave for the Front 1899
WWI
Fovant Military Hospital
Australian Deaths
| Alfred James Cowie 1917 | Andrew Shirwood Douglas Gibson 1917 | Cyril Claud Mashford 1917 |
| Donald McIntosh 1917 | Charles Forbes Moor 1917 | Alfred Pye 1917 |
| Alfred Renwick 1917 |
