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Contiguous Parishes (Our Neighbours)
Devizes St. John – Keevil – Potterne – Rowde – Seend
Websites of Interest
Poulshot Parish Council – Parish and Community information
The Parish Church of St. Peter
St. Peter’s Gallery St. Peter’s Interior Gallery St. Peter’s Churchyard Gallery
Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Rectors List Grants to Retiring Aged Parish Clerks 1864 Church Officers 2013 Interior Wall Memorial Inscriptions
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1627-1945
Marriages 1627-1996
Burials 1627-1992
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Devizes Registration District
Buildings and Land
Old Field Names Property Sale by Auction 1794
Landowners
Land Surveys
Listed Buildings
Banks Memorial, St. Peter’s Churchyard | Barley Hill Farmhouse, Barley Hill Lane | Belle Vue Farmhouse, Poulshot Road |
Breastlands, 52 The Green | Church Farmhouse, Townsend | Dukes Farmhouse, The Green |
60 The Green | Higher Green Farmhouse | Lower Green, The Green |
Manor Farmhouse, Poulshot Road | Manor House Farmhouse, Poulshot Road | Middle Green, The Green |
Middle Green Farm, The Green – Outbuilding | Milestone on South Side of the A361, West of Lane to Poulshot | Mill Farmhouse, Mill Lane |
Old Farmhouse, Mill Lane | Poulshot Lodge, Poulshot Road | Raven Inn, The Green |
St. Peter’s Church, Townsend | Stansfield Cottage, 60 Poulshot Road | Townsend Farmhouse, Townsend |
Wattle Cottage, 51 The Green |
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1811
Property for Sale
Walter Long Estate for Sale 1911
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1835-1876
Breach of the Peace
Crime Reports
Forgery
Highway Robbery
Flying Highwayman of Wiltshire 1775-1778
Theft
Sheep Stealing 1828 Break-in at Lutsey Farm, Worton 1931
Directories
Kellys 1915 P.O. Telephone Subscribers 1926-1934
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.
Community Services
Police
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
The Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1886 at the northern end of the village, was founded by Mr. & Mrs. Moses Moore and was part of the Devizes Methodist Circuit. It is now a private house. The Baptism Register is held at WSHC.
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Gallery
People and Parish Notables
Can anyone provide details on the Swanborough family portrait of three men in the people gallery? If so please contact Teresa Lewis
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society
Census Returns
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
Inquest Reports
Inquest Reports 1800-1849 Inquest Reports 1850-1899 Bamber Infant Twins 1855
Obituaries and Funeral Reports
Death of George Bowden, Miser 1818 Death of Former Resident Moses Moore 1915
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Poor Law Union Bread & Flour Contract 1838
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorial & Military Gallery
Naval Attestation – Herbert J. Swanborough 1909
Servicemen & Women
WWI
WWI Serving Military Personnel 1914
Casualties
Calne & District Casualty Lists WWI Frederick G. Clifford 1917
War Memorials & Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Roll of Honour Plaque