OPC Vacancy
North Wraxall with Ford Photo Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Castle Combe – Colerne – Marshfield (GLS) – Nettleton – Slaughterford – West Kington
Websites of Interest
Ruth Ranger’s – Website has more information & transcriptions.
The Parish Church of St. James The Great
The beautiful piece of artwork found in the church was the gift off John Howell who died in 1872.
St, James Gallery St. James Interior Gallery St. James Churchyard Gallery
Memorial Plaques in St. James Church
Holborow Family Plaque 1 Holborow Family Plaque 2
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1605-1749 1750-1799 1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-1906
Banns
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1677-1992
Marriages 1677-1992
Burials 1677-1992
BTs 1838-1900 are held at the Bristol Record Office
IGI batch number: C152511
Parish History
North Wraxall is just to the north of the Bristol Road, A420 on the Chippenham (east) side of Marshfield. St. James church is currently part of a benefice of 10 churches. There is a grand stone memorial in a railed off area inside the church with memorial stones on the walls commemorating the Methuen family who owned Corsham Court and most of the land around the Chippenham area up to Bromham and across to Bristol. There is a small independent chapel in the village dating from 1851 which has its own graveyard.
Includes the hamlets of The Shoe, Upper Wraxall, Mountain Bower and Ford
Population Figures and Analysis 1801-2011
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Chippenham Registration District
Buildings and Land
Mountain Bower. According to the 1881 census this is a collection of cottages in the North Wraxall parish.
Landowners
Land Surveys
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1811 Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1813-1814
Crime and Legal Matters
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879
Directories
Education
In 1850 the school benefited from the legacy of Richard Bennett in that the bequeath was used towards teachers salaries (see Bennett Benefaction below). In 1872 John Howell also made a legacy to the benefit of the school (See Howell Benefaction below)
Emigration and Migration
Published in tables from the Poor Law Commissioners Annual Reports for 1835, 1836 and 1847-1848 the following may be of use for tracing missing ancestors. 7 paupers emigrated to Canada under an assisted emigration programme in 1846.
Employment and Business
Blacksmith & Builder Daniel Simmonds Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeeper Certificates 1834 General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Community Services
Police
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Census of Faith 1676 Dissenters License 1811-1812
Congregational Chapel
Congregational Chapel Memorial Stone Index Fourth Anniversary Tea at the Chapel 1866
People and Parish Notables
Stephen Ford – Pedigree 1879 (died 1784)
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll Book 1705 Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843
MP Nominations
MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
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
Taxes
Tax List 1332 Lay Subsidy 1523 Tax List 1598-1600 Ship List 1634 Tax List 1642
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Charity
Donations to Royal United Hospital, Bath 1911
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Richard Westfield 1625 William Davis 1631
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Muster Roll 1539 War Casualty List WWI & WWII
WWII
Home Guard
Home Guards 1940-1944 Home Guard Awards 1944
Ford
The Parish Church of St. John
St. John’s Gallery St. John’s Churchyard Gallery
Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Located on Old Coach Road, Ford (A420).
Converted to residential use in 2001. For Sale June 2024 at 1 million, freehold – by Inigo. Later for sale by Fine Country.
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Baptisms 1838-1882 Independent Chapel Ford & Memorial Chapel North Wraxall
