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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Brixton Deverill – Horningsham – Longbridge Deverill – Maiden Bradley – Sutton Veny
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
The second from the north of the Deverill valley villages, has a church with the rare dedication of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, wretchedly rebuilt in 1843. It contains, however, the fine altar-tomb of late 14th-century date, to a member of the Ludlow family. They possessed the Elizabethan manor house, to the east of the church, which was altered during the days of Queen Anne. Adjoining it is a fine 15th century title barn. (The Little Guides 1949, Methuen)
Assumption of the Virgin Mary Gallery Assumption of the Virgin Mary Interior Gallery
Tomb & Lineage of John Ludlow 1519
Planning Application W/84/00713/LBC. The old church conversion to a dwelling 7 June 1984.
The chest tomb to John Ludlow (d. 1519) which carries the Ludlow heraldic arms was removed to Longbridge Deverill Sts. Peter & Paul and is now the chapel altar, long with a number of other smaller monuments, when the Church closed.
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
1575-1799 1800-1899 (Incomplete)
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1661-1981
Marriages 1670-1972
Burials 1661-1976
Parish Register in Wilts 1888
Parish History
The parish includes the Longleat Estate even though the estate itself stretches into Horningsham which is the nearest parish church and to the edges of Warminster (Shearwater). For Longleat please see the Horningsham parish page
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Warminster Registration District
Buildings and Land
Crime and Legal Matters
Miscellaneous Items
Theft
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 Voting Revisions Barristers Court 1890
Family Notices
1850-1899 Life Events from Warminster Parish Magazine 1901 Life Events from Warminster Parish Magazine 1902
Parish Notables
Alexander Thynne, Lord Bath, author and artist John Thynne, MP builder of Longleat House
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
War, Conflict and Military Matters
WWII
