The OPC is Brian Boneham
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Castle Combe – Hullavington – Leigh Delamere – Malmesbury – Stanton St. Quintin
Websites of Interest
Grittleton – Parish Council and village information
St. Mary the Virgin – Bybrook Team Ministry
The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
St. Mary’s Gallery St. Mary’s Interior Gallery St. Mary’s Churchyard Gallery
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1577-1906
Marriages 1573-1993
Burials 1573-1992
BTs 1847-1900 are held at the Bristol Record Office
Parish History
History of the Parish of Grittleton
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Chippenham Registration District
Buildings and Land
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1813-1814
Public Houses
Red Lion Inn (renamed Neeld Arms)
Mary Ann Bruton, Inn Keeper, Census 1861
Neeld Arms
Toll House
The Census 1851 records that the Toll House was pulled down between the District being formed and 31 March 1851.
Crime and Legal Matters
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879
Directories
Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928
Education
Church of England School
Ministry of Education Notice 1954
Emigration and Migration
Removal Orders 1773-1852 Strays Index
A Grittleton born man was the first to marry in Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania). William Gingel was baptised at Grittleton on 4th October 1778 with sister Mary. Their parents were Walter and Ruth Gingel (nee Wheeler) who were married at Kington Langley in 1756. Read the full story here.
Employment and Business
Agriculture & Land
Game Licences 1834 Game List 1846
Apprentices
Community Services
Police
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agricultural Societies
Cottagers Improvement Society
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
General Items
Fox Lives to Run Another Day 1871
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
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
Probate Index 1569-1881 (WSHC) National Probate Index 1858-1966
Estate Notices
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Attestation & Discharge Records
William Gangell 1798 Real name Gingell see Emigration section
Chelsea Pensioners
Samuel Henry Alexander Tanner 1856
Medieval
War Memorial WWl (Green) Roll of Honour WWl (Church)
