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Rodbourne Cheney Photo Gallery

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Blunsdon St. Andrew – Lydiard Millicent – Purton – Stratton St. Margaret – Swindon

Websites of Interest

Rodbourne Cheney Website – Community History Group.

The Parish Church of St. Mary

St. Mary’s Gallery            St. Mary’s Churchyard

Parish Registers held at WSHC

Baptisms 1653-1935
Marriages 1655-1947
Burials 1653-1876
BTs 1838-1874 are held at the Bristol Record Office

Parish History

Rodbourne Cheney is 3 miles north west of the centre of Swindon and encompasses the tythings of Even-Swindon, Haydon Wick and Moredon

Civil Registration

1837 – 1896 Highworth Registration District
1896 – Present Swindon Registration District

Buildings and Land

Owners of Land 1873

Maps

Ordnance Survey Map 1816

Crime and Legal Matters

Crime Reports 1800-1849          Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879

Directories

Kellys 1915          Swindon & District 1928           Swindon & District 1951

Education

Emigration and Migration

Strays Index

Employment and Business

Employment Gallery

Agriculture and Land

Game Licences 1834

Apprentices

Wiltshire Boys Apprenticed in Oxfordshire

Timothy Dewell 1730

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

Sunday School Exam Successes 1963

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns Transcripts

1841          1851

Elections and Polls

Poll of Freeholders 1772Poll Book 1818Voters List 1832Voters Lists Revisions 1843
Poll Book 1868Electoral Lists Revision Court 1902MP Nominations 2015MP Nominations 2017

Family Notices

1800-1849           1850-1899          1900-1949          1950-1999

Miscellaneous Items

Motor Vehicle License for Fred Lewis 1930-1931

Obituaries

William Nipperess 1882

Personal Research Items

Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – These items were 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 references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.

Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse

Medical Relief 1837          Swindon & Highworth Union Supplies 1838          Poor Law Union Supplies 1847          Charity Events 1900-1949

Probate

Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held

Oliver Webbe 1635

Parishioners Wills

William Morse (Extract) Proved 1578          John Morse (Extract) Proved 1611

War, Conflict and Military Matters

Even Swindon

Crime and Legal Matters

Parishioners Eligible to Serve as Jurors 1771 (Even Swindon)

Parish Register Transcripts

For Census see under Rodbourne Cheney

Haydon Wick

Haydon Wick Gallery

Websites

Haydon Wick – Parish Council

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Church Supported Charities and Funding

Salisbury Infirmary 1858

Civil Registration

Parish Registers held at WSHC

See main parish above

Village History

Buildings and Land

Sales by Auction 1860

Crime and Legal Matters

Parishioners Eligible to Serve as Jurors 1771 (Haidon and Morden)

Directories

Swindon and District 1951

Education

Emigration and Migration

Employment and Business

British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns Transcripts

1851

Family Notices

1950-1999

General People Items

Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863

Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse

Public Assistance Administration 1948

Probate

Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held

Edmund Milles 1626

War, Conflict and Military Matters

Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911          Casualties of WWI

Moredon

Crime and Legal Matters

Parishioners Eligible to Serve as Jurors 1771 (Haidon and Morden)

Directories

See under Rodbourne Cheney

Employment & Business

British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969

Registers Held at Bristol Record Office

BTs 1863

Non-Conformity and Other Places of Worship

St. Andrews Methodist Church

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns Transcripts

For Census returns Please refer to the Rodbourne Cheney

Family Notices

1950-1999

Personal Research Items

Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – These items were 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 references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.

War, Conflict and Military Matters

Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911