The OPC is Brian Denton

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Charlton – Chisbury – Chitterne All Saints – Maddington – Market Lavington – Rushall – Shrewton – Tilshead – Upavon

Websites of Interest

The Parish Church of St. George

St. George Gallery          St. George Interior Gallery           St. George Churchyard Gallery

Churches Conservation Trust

Parish Registers held at WSHC

Baptisms 1656-1981
Marriages 1656-1981
Burials 1656-1989

Parish History

Civil Registration

1837 – April 1936 Amesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District

Buildings and Land

Disastrous Floods 1841          Foot & Mouth Disease 1924-1925

Elston House

This was the home of Viscountess Lady Torrington.

Landowners

Owners of Land 1873

Land Surveys

1936

Public Houses

The Crown Inn

In 1903 the landlord was John Hall

Crime and Legal Matters

Directories

Kellys 1889

Education

Emigration and Migration

Employment and Business

At one point before 1903, Thomas Smith was the only beer retailer in the village

Gamekeepers Certificates 1807

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 Book 1818            Poll Book 1865           MP Nominations 2015           MP Nominations 2017

Parish Notables

James Harris – Grammarian

Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse

Amesbury Union Guardians Appointed 1835

Overseers

Elected Overseers

Probate

Inquisition Post Mortem of Lands Held

Nicholas de Kyngestone 1323          Thomas Lambert 1639          Giles Tooker  1627

War, Conflict and Military Matters

Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918

Casualties of WWI

Jesse Ashley 1915

Elston

Buildings and Land

Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842

Employment and Business

Markets

Christmas Cattle Market 1867