OPC Vacancy

Little Somerford Photo Gallery

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Brinkworth – Dauntsey – Great Somerford – Lea & Cleverton – Malmesbury

Websites of Interest

The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

St. John’s Gallery          St. John’s Interior Gallery          St. John’s Churchyard Gallery

Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions          Rectors List          Brief History of St. John’s Church

Parish Register Transcripts

Marriages

1606-1812

Parish Registers held at WSHC

Baptisms 1708-1888
Marriages 1708-1838
Burials 1708-1980
BTs 1847-1858 are held at the Bristol Record Office

Parish History

Civil Registration

1837 – April 1936 Malmesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Chippenham Registration District

Buildings and Land

Cemetery

Cemetery Gallery

Landowners

Owners of Land 1873

Land Surveys

1936

Maps

Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1813-1814

Public Houses

Public Houses Gallery

Somerford Arms

Crime and Legal Matters

Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879          Furious Riding Charge 1843

Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)

Barkesbye v Bleeke & Bleeke

Directories

Swindon & District 1928          Taylors 1941

Education

Emigration and Migration

Strays Index

Employment and Business

Apprentices

Oliver Browne 1719

Community Services

Police

Wiltshire Constabulary 1858

Miscellaneous Document

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns Transcripts

1851        1861         1871          1881          1891          1901

Coroners Bills

Coroners Bills 1752-1796 

Elections and Polls

Poll of Freeholders 1772          Poll Book 1818          Voters List 1832           Voters Lists Revisions 1843          MP Nominations 2015           MP Nominations 2017

Family Notices

1800-1849

Inquest Reports

Elizabeth Jane Barnes 1850

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

Guardians

Election of Guardians 1837           Election of Guardians 1839          Election of Guardians 1844          Nomination of Guardians 1886

Tenders
Medical Services

1837          1839

Probate

War, Conflict and Military Matters

War Memorials & Military Gallery

Roll of Honour Plaque 1914-1919