OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Frome (SOM) – Hill Deverill – Longbridge Deverill – Maiden Bradley – Warminster
Websites
Jim Parsons Personal Web Pages – Includes parish register transcriptions
The Parish Church of St. John
St. John’s Gallery St. John’s Interior Gallery St. John’s Churchyard Gallery
Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions Interior Wall Memorials Church Bier
Parish Registers
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
1739-1749 1750-1774 1775-1799 1800-1812
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1576-1974
Marriages 1561-1991
Burials 1561-1896
Parish Register Transcripts may be found by following this link
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837-Present Warminster Registration District
Buildings and Land
for Longleat House see details at bottom of this page
Cattle Plague Regulations 1867
Landowners
Public Houses
Crime and Legal Matters
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Licences 1834
Apprentices
Apprentices may not be native of the parish but the master is based here.
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Exhibitions
Warminster Industrial Exhibition 1869
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Free Congregational Chapel
Congregational Chapel
Chapel Gallery Chapel Interior Gallery
Interior Wall Memorial Inscriptions
This chapel was built as a Meeting House by Scottish stone masons employed on the Longleat Estate. The Marquis of Bath granted a plot of land to build on and the chapel was completed in 1566. The Scots wanted a place of worship of their own since they could not conscientiously worship int he parish church since it did not follow the teachings of the Book of Common Prayer which was replaced by an act of Parliament thus following the teachings of a more Protestant nature. Scotland was at the time still predominantly Catholic. It was also stipulated that the building would always retain a thatched roof for as long as the building remained standing. in 2016 the building celebrated 450 years of existence.
Chapel Officials
Incumbents List Ministers Burial Board
Celebrations
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
1797 1799 1801 1851 1861 1881 1891 1901
The 1797 Census is in fact a survey of the properties in Horningsham taken on 20th July 1797. The transcript has tried to reflect family relationships wherever possible. The Population was recorded as 1025, 482 male and 543 female. The 1799 Census follows on similar lines to that of 1797. In both of these census surveys many residents are annotated as having since died many of these are errors as the resident is recorded in following census returns. Once again the 1801 census has thrown up similar problems as those found in 1797 and 1799. It is highly recommended that these three census returns are used as a reference point only and that information found within these three are cross referenced with parish register entries wherever possibly.
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 Voting Revisions Barristers Court 1890 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
Family Notices 1850-1899 Life Events from the Warminster Parish Magazine 1901 Life Events from the Warminster Parish Magazine 1902
Inquest Reports
Wyndham Trollope 1846 Emma Marsh 1866
Medical Matters
Typhus Deaths & Registrar General’s Report 1853
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
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Parishioners Wills
Mark Foulkes Proved 1811 Avis Trollop Proved 1624 Joan Trollop Proved 1691
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
WWI
Casualties
WWII
Employment and Business
Aspects of the Life of the Wiltshire Agricultural Labourer c1850
Miscellaneous Documents
British Red Cross & Voluntary Aid Detachment
V.A.D. & Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1918 Local Nurses and War Work 1919
