The OPC is Liz Woodlands
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Bishops Cannings – Blackland – Bromham – Calne
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. Andrew
St. Andrew’s Gallery St. Andrew’s Interior Gallery St. Andrew’s Churchyard Gallery
Interesting Entries from the Parish Registers List of Rectors 1298-1980 Rev. T. H. Bland 1906-1914
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1538-1993
Marriages 1539-1987
Burials 1538-1963
Parish History
Includes the tithing of Stockley
(Hedde’s Farm) has a perpenicular church (S. Andrew). A moiety of the manor formed part of the endowment of Lacock Abbey by the Countess Ela. The Roman station, Verlucio, is supposed to have been here, or very near by, and Aubrey tells us of some old Roman dwellings being unearthed here, and of the discovery of a great number of Roman coins. (The Little Guides 1949, Methuen)
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Calne Registration District
April 1936 – Present Chippenham Registration District
Buildings and Land
Owners of Land 1873 Grant for Cycle Path & Play Area 2009
Land Surveys
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1811
Public Houses
The Ivy Inn
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy Examinations
The definition of a bastard for the period when examinations were carried out by parish overseers and local justices is as follows:- any child born out of wedlock including those where the mother and father later marry, children of a second marriage whilst the first wife is still living; the issue of divorced couples; children born where the husband is known to have been abroad for some year; A child born after the father has died. The definition has evolved since the Act of 1732/33 where a “single mother” was by law obliged to declare her pregnancy and state the name of the reputed father. Some parish registers may record the words base-born against a baptism record and some may even name the reputed father. Below are some of the surviving bastardy examination reports transcribed from various sources such as court books and overseers accounts. It is interesting to note that only the mother’s and witnesses’ oaths seem to be recorded even though the defendant would have been summoned to the hearing. Perhaps their evidence was pre-delivered for the examiners to peruse before the mother was required to prove her case. It is also interesting to read the language used to describe the situation the mother found herself in and the circumstances in which the child was conceived. It would appear that the examination itself would not have been a pleasant experience for plaintiff or defendant no matter what the outcome. Bastardy Examinations
Ann Head v Robert Clifford 1860-1861 Clara Head v Robert Watson 1870
Directories
Post Office 1875 Gillmans 1899 Kellys 1915 Kellys 1931
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Apprentices
Wiltshire Society
Albert Hatter 1898 Lewis George Wheeler 1900
Community Services
Police
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921
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 People Items
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Inquests
Obituaries
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – These items were 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 references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.
Sport
Cricket Match Bishops Cannings V Heddington 1890
Subscriptions
Fifth Annual Report for Negro Emancipation 1830
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands held
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Service Personnel
Chelsea Pensioners
Deserters
Wiltshire Militia Deserters 1812
WWI
| Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 | Roll of Honour WWI St. Andrew | Calne & District Casualty Lists 1914-1918 |
| Church Memorial Plaque Gerald H. Perrett 1918 |
WWII
Home Guard
Home Guards 1940-1944 Home Guard Awards 1944
