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Poulshot Photo Gallery

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

Salisbury Infirmary 1858

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

Owners of Land 1873

Land Surveys

1936

Listed Buildings

Banks Memorial, St. Peter’s ChurchyardBarley Hill Farmhouse, Barley Hill LaneBelle Vue Farmhouse, Poulshot Road
Breastlands, 52 The GreenChurch Farmhouse, TownsendDukes Farmhouse, The Green
60 The GreenHigher Green FarmhouseLower Green, The Green
Manor Farmhouse, Poulshot RoadManor House Farmhouse, Poulshot RoadMiddle Green, The Green
Middle Green Farm, The Green – OutbuildingMilestone on South Side of the A361, West of Lane to PoulshotMill Farmhouse, Mill Lane
Old Farmhouse, Mill LanePoulshot Lodge, Poulshot RoadRaven Inn, The Green
St. Peter’s Church, TownsendStansfield Cottage, 60 Poulshot RoadTownsend 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

Fighting John Cornick 1872

Crime Reports

1800-1849

Forgery

Ernest Aust 1905

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.

Samuel Bart 1715

Community Services

Police

Wiltshire Constabulary 1858

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

People Gallery   

Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies

Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society

Promotion 1912

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

1800-1849          1850-1899

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

Chelsea Pensioners 1808-1828

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