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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Castle Eaton – Down Ampney (GLS) – Eisey – Fairford (GLS) – Kempsford (GLS) – Meysey Hampton (GLS)

Websites of Interest

The Parish Church of St. James

St. James Gallery           St. James Churchyard

Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions

Parish Register Transcripts

Baptisms
Marriages

Please note that the marriages 1600-1749 are transcribed from the BTs of Hampton Meysey, Gloucestershire and the Registers of Marston Meysey.  The first entries start at 1613

1600-1749

Burials

Parish Registers held WSHC

Baptisms  1742-1974
Marriages 1742-1838
Burials     1744-1812

Parish History

The parish borders a large Royal Air Force Base at Fairford in Gloucestershire

Civil Registration

1837 – 1883 Cirencester Registration District
1883 – April 1936 Cricklade Registration District
April 1936 – Present Swindon Registration District

Buildings and Land

Owners of Land 1873

Land Surveys

1936

Maps

Ordnance Survey Map 1816            Map 1903

Public Houses

Masons Arms

Old Spotted Cow

Spotted Cow Gallery

Three Magpies

Three Magpies Gallery

Delelict Three Magpies For sale 2020

Crime and Legal Matters

Directories

Kellys 1889          Kellys 1915          Swindon & District 1928

Education

Emigration and Migration

Strays Index

Employment and Business

Agriculture and Land

Game Licences 1834

Apprentices

Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish.

John Butcher 1723*

Please note that entries marked * may refer Worton & Marston or South Marston

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns Transcripts

1851          1861          1871          1881          1891          1901

Elections and Polls

Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Bookk 1818Voters List 1832Voters Lists Revisions 1843
Poll Book 1868Electoral Lists Revision Court 1902 MP Nominations 2015MP Nominations 2017

Family Notices

Family Notices 1800-1849          Family Notices 1850-1899

Taxes

Falstone Day Book 1645-1653

Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse

Public Assistance Administration 1948

Probate

National Probate Index 1858-1966

War, Conflict and Military Matters

Chelsea Pensioners 1808-1828