OPC Vacancy

Contiguous Parish (our neighbour)

Bremhill – Calne – Cherhill – Compton Bassett – Hilmarton

Websites of Interest

The Parish Church of St. Peter

Highway as a church (St. Peter) rebuilt in poor style by Butterfield in 1867. The old stone rood-screen and rood-beam, the Norman North doorway and Transitional font have been reserved. (The Littles Guides 1949, Methuen).

This is now a private residence and visitors are not welcome 2023.

St. Peter’s Gallery

Church Officials

Incumbents List 1547-1831  

Obituaries

Arthur Edward George Peters

Church News       

Church Matters 1800-1849         Church Matters 1850-1899          Church Matters 1900-1949

Parish Register Transcripts

Marriages

1600-1899

Parish Registers held at WSHC

Baptisms 1742-1950
Marriages 1753-1948
Burials 1745-1941
BTs 1606-1609, 1619-1623, 1632, 1635, 1665-1668, 1673-1679, 1702, 1707-1710, 1716-1731, 1736-1747

Parish History

Civil Registration

1837 – April 1936 Calne Registration District
April 1836 – Present Chippenham Registration District

Buildings and Land

Land Surveys

1936

Maps

Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawing North Wilts 1826

Crime and Legal Matters

Bastardy

Bastardy Examinations 1863-1877          Bradfield v Bush 1876           Clifford v Bishop 1876-1877          Bradfield v Hunt 1878

Directories

Post Office Directory 1875          Kellys 1889          Kellys 1915          Kellys 1931

Education

Emigration and Migration

Employment and Business

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

People and Parish Notables

Association, Clubs, Organisations & Societies

Agricultural Societies

Wiltshire Agricultural Society Annual Meeting 1848

Horticulture

Compton Bassett Flower Show 1932

Census Returns Transcripts

1851          1881

Elections and Polls

Poll of Freeholders 1772          Voters List 1832          Voters Lists Revisions 1843

Family Notices

Family Notices 1800-1849

Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse

Probate

War, Conflict and Military Matters

Calne & District Casualty Lists 1914-1918         1914 Names of Men who Served in WWI