The OPC is Duncan McBurney
Manningford Bruce
Manningford Bruce – St. Peter’s
Church of St. Peter
St. Peter’s Gallery St. Peter’s Interior Gallery St. Peter’s Churchyard Gallery
St. Peter’s Churchyard Memorials
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1657-1916
Marriages 1660-1983
Burials 1658-1986
Parish History
Buildings and Land
Doomsday Book Entry
Grimbaldus the goldsmith holds Maniford. Edward held at in the time of King Edward [the Confessor] and it was assessed at 6 hides and a half. Here are 4 ploughlands. Two ploughlands, with one villager, are in demesne. Ten cottagers and 2 borderers occupy one ploughland. Two shares of a mill pay 12 shillings and 6 pence. Here are 20 acres of meadow, and the pasture is a mile and a half square. It was valued at a hundred shillings, now at 6 pounds. Source: Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 34.
Conveyance of Land Lott/Meek 1900
Landowners
Land Surveys
Crime and Legal Matters
Trial & Execution of William Amor 1773
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Emigrants
Employment and Business
Miscellaneous Documents
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Pig Keeper’s Club Meeting 1941
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832
Inquests
Inquest Report on Elizabeth Harding 1888
Parish Notables
Dr. Robin Baker, Novelist and Broadcaster
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Blanket Distribution – Grant Charity 1941
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
World War I
There is a large stone cross and memorial to those from the Parish of Manningford Bruce that gave their lives in World War I in the graveyard of St. Peters Church.
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 War Memorial WWI Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Biographies of the Men Remembered on the World War I Memorial
| Edwin Hawkins | Frank Muddle | Herbert North |
| Edwin Nash | George Taylor | George Frederick Whitmarsh |
In addition to those named above, Percy John Waters who was born in Manningford Bruce in 1890 is named on the memorial in Rushall.
Individual biographies are currently being researched and these will be added as and when completed.