OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Idmiston
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas Gallery St. Nicholas Interior Gallery St. Nicholas Churchyard Gallery
Church Backed Charities and Funding
Church Census
Porton and Gomeldon Protestation Return 1641-1642
Churchyard
St. Nicholas Churchyard Memorial Insciptions
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1813-1984
Marriages 1754-1990
Burials – None at present
Parish History
Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles northeast of Salisbury. It is the largest settlement in Idmiston civil parish.
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Amesbury Registration District April 1936 – present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Public Houses
Porton Hotel, Station Approach
This establishment stands just outside the former Railway Station. It was built towards the late 19th century and was burn down in 1920. It was rebuilt exactly as it was prior to the devastating fire.
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
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
William Andrews 1753 Mary Brownjohn 1743 John Roby 1719-20
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Situations Vacant
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
Probate Index 1872 (WSHC)
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Porton & Idmiston War Memorial WWI & WWII
