OPC Vacancy

Hilperton Photo Gallery

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Semington – Staverton – Steeple Ashton – Trowbridge – Whaddon

Websites of Interest

The Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels

(Hylpric’s farm) has a church (St. Michael) with an old decorated tower and spire, but the remainder was rebuilt in 1854. It contains a Norman font. (The Little Guides 1949, Methuen)

St. Michael’s Gallery          St. Michael’s Churchyard Gallery      

Churchyard    

St. Michael’s Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions          Churchyard to be Extended 1846 

Bell Ringers       

Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers Meeting 1915

Choir

Choir visit to Farleigh Castle 1890

Parish Register Transcripts

Marriages

1602-1837

Parish Registers Held at WSHC

Baptisms 1694-1992
Marriages 1694-1987
Burials 1694-1991

Parish History

News Reports 1850-1899

Civil Registration

1837 – April 1936 Melksham Registration District
April 1936 – Present Trowbridge Registration District

Buildings and Land

Cemetery

Cemetery Gallery

Farms

Sale of Hill Farm by Auction 1935          Sale of Hill Farm 2015

Landowners

Owners of Land 1873

Land Surveys

1936

Maps

Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1811

Properties for Sale

Walter Long Estate for Sale 1911

Crime and Legal Matters

Crime Reports 1800-1899           Transported for Stealing A Harness and Saddle 1837

Directories

Post Office 1875           Kellys 1889          Kellys 1915

Education

Emigration and Migration

Employment and Business

Apprentices

Wiltshire Society Apprentices

Christopher Gayton 1822          Charles Henry Edward White 1844

Community Services

Police

Wiltshire Constabulary 1858             Presentation to Police Sergeant Pinnell 1892

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

Quaker Deaths recorded in the parish registers 1700-1750

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Gallery

New Wesleyan Chapel 1890           Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Committee Meeting Records

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns Transcripts

1851          1911

Elections and Polls

MP Nominations

2010           2015          2017

Polls

Poll of Freeholders 1772          Poll Book 1818        

Voters Lists  

Voters List 1832           Voters Lists Revisions 1843                             

Family Notices

1800-1849          1850-1899

Inquest Reports

George Osborne & Frederick Dauntsy 1853            Isabella Pike 1868          Miss Cooper 1891

Parish Notables

Stephen Lee – Controversial Snooker Professional

Fraud Charge 2014

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

Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse

Poor Law Union Audit 1849

Wig Day for Charity 2014

Probate

National Probate Index 1858-1966

Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held

John Lowe 1632

War, Conflict and Military Matters

War Memorials & Military Gallery

Bell Ringers Book of Remembrance is St. Pauls Cathedral Library WWI

 Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918Egg Collection for Wounded Servicemen 1914-1918
 Casualty Biographies of WWIWelcome Home Supper 1919 

British Red Cross/VAD Volunteers

Charlotte Brown 1915-1919          Muriel Chapman 1915-1919          Marie Hall 1917 – 1919         Margaret Greenhill 1917-1918          Agnes Gumm 1918-1919          Maisie Hoad 1916 – 1919

Hilperton Marsh

Church of St. Mary Magdalen

St. Mary’s Gallery

Crime and Legal Matters

Crime Reports 1900-1949

Emigration and Migration

United States of America

Utah Pioneer, Edward Harding 1832-1903

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns

1911

Entertainment

Hunt Ball 1929

Inquests

Ann Morris 1890

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

War, Conflict and Military Matters

British Red Cross/VAD Volunteers

Emily Holloway 1915-1919