OPC Vacancy
Little Cheverell Photo Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Great Cheverell – Imber – Potterne – West Lavington
Websites of Interest
GenUKI – For information on Wiltshire and Little Cheverell.
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre – The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies.
Little Cheverell Community History – Historical information for parishes within the Wiltshire County jurisdiction.
The Parish Church of St. Peter
The church was rebuilt in 1850 with the exception of the tower (The Little Guides 1949, Methuen)
St. Peter’s Gallery St. Peter’s Churchyard Gallery
New Deacon Ordained 1861 Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Parish Register Transcripts
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1653-1928
Marriages 1654-1997
Burials 1654-1987
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Devizes Registration District
Buildings and Land
Agriculture and Land
Landowners
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1811
Sales by Auction
Crime and Legal Matters
Horse Theft 1831 Bastardy Examinations 1837-1874 Husband Beat Wife 1853 Devizes Bank Theft 1922
Directories
Post Office 1855 Kellys 1895 Gillmans 1900 Kellys 1915
Education
School Admissions Register 1870-1913
Emigration and Migration
To Australia
Employment and Business
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969 Wiltshire Society Apprentice – George Mundy 1861
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society
Census Returns Transcripts
1785 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
The 1785 census above lists family groups by household as compiled in April 1785 by Reverend William Roots, Curate at Little Cheverell. It also list baptism dates of some of the occupants mainly those of children. The original document can be consulted at the WSHC.
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843
Family Notices
Parish Notables
Robert William Awdry 1881- 1914, Cricketer, Chariman of Wiltsshire County Council and High Sherrif of Wiltshire
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 Bread & Flour Contract 1838
Probate
Parishioners Wills (Extracts)
Ann Long Proved 1627 Thomas Long Proved 1654 John Long Proved 1677
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
WWI
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 (Includes West Lavington) WWI Serving Military Personnel 1914 WWI War Memorial
