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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Broad Blunsdon – Castle Eaton – Highworth – Inglesham – Kempsford (GLS) – Stanton Fitzwarren
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
The church is a neat structure with a square tower containing five bells. The interior contains several monuments to the Freke family. There is a chapel of ease at Hannington Wick.
(Hanna’s Hill) lies on the Gloucestershire border from which county it is divided by the Thames, here but a small stream. The church (St. John the Baptist) stands alone among the fields and is approached by an avenue of trees. It is an Early English building with a Perpendicular tower and a Norman South doorway and contains monuments to the Freke and Hussey-Freke families. Hannington Hall is a fine Elizabethan mansion. (The Little Guides 1949, Methuen).
St. John Gallery St. John Interior Gallery
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Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions Benefaction Board 1751
Parish Register Transcripts
Extracts from the Parish Register 1600-1650
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1571-1877
Marriages 1571-1836
Burials 1571-1990
BTs 1838-1855 are held at the Bristol Record Office
Parish History
Hannington Bridge which crosses the River Thames joins the parish to neighbouring Kempsford in Gloucestershire.
Civil Registration
1837 – 1898 Highworth Registration District
1898 – Present Swindon Registration District
Buildings and Land
Landowners
Land Surveys
Maps
Public Houses
The Freke Arms
Situated on the Hannington turning on the B4019, 1 1/2 miles from Highworth (A361)
Crime and Legal Matters
Arson
General Crime
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Crime Reports 1850-1899 Crime Reports 1950-1999
Licensing
Murder
Prisons and Prisoners
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879
Swing Riots
Trial of the Legg Brothers 1831
Directories
Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928
Education
Church of England School
Ministry of Education Notice 1954
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834
Apprentices
Wiltshire Boys Apprenticed in Oxfordshire
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
Henry Humphreys 1841 George Frederick Humphrys 1840
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 Poll Book 1868 Electoral Lists Revision Court 1902
Family Notices
Funeral Reports
Inquest Reports
Parish Notables
Narcissus Marsh – Archbishop of Dublin (20 Dec 1638 – 2 Nov 1713)
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Medical Relief 1837 Swindon & Highworth Union Supplies 1838 Poor Law Union Supplies 1847 Public Assistance Administration 1948
Probate
Legacy Notices
Florence Barbara Lilie Hussey-Freke 1947
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Boer War
Imperial Yeomanry Casualties 1899-1902
