Sevenhampton

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The Consultant is Anne-marie Hayes who will possibly help with any queries you may have. She may be contacted via the contact us tab on the home page

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Broad Blunsdon – Hannington – Highworth – South Marston – Stanton Fitzwarren – Stratton St. Margaret

Websites of Interest

St Michael and All Angels church – Highworth Parish Church

Parish Church of St. James

The site of St James has been a place of worship since the 11th century. Sevenhampton was formerly a chapelry of Highworth parish. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Will. de Owe or William, Earl of Ewe or Eu, “whose descendants held it till the time of Henry the third when having been forfeited to the crown, it was given to the King’s eldest son, afterwards Edward the first.” The present owner, Francis Warneford Esq resides at ‘Warneford Place’ adjoining Sevenhampton. [source: The Beauties of Wiltshire: Displayed in Statistical, Historical and Descriptive Sketches, John Britton 1825]

(seven homesteads) has a church (St. James) dating from 1863. Warneford Place is a fine Elizabethan mansion dating from 1566, the wings of which were added in 1734. It was the former seat of the Warneford family and is surrounded by an extensive park, through which is an avenue a mile long. [source: The Little Guide, Methuen 1949]

Thank you to Neil MacDougall for his photos of St. James.

St. James Gallery St. James Interior Gallery St. James Churchyard Gallery

Parish Register Transcripts

Register Notes

A Register of the Christenings, Marriages and Buryalls of the Parish of Sevenhampton in the County of Wilts began in the Year of our Lord God 1649 by me Henry Dudley … Curate.

Baptisms

1649-1663 1813-1850 1851-1881

Marriages

This transcript is incomplete and ends at 1661

1649-1699

Please note that the Highworth parish registers include records for people of Sevenhampton. You can request a search in both parishes. Please visit the Highworth parish page for details.

Transcriptions are extracted from microfiche copies of original registers held at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre (WSHC)

OPC Enquiries

For enquiries about St James’ registers and Bishops Transcripts (BT’s), click on my name (in green) at top left of page. Lookups for specific events, with dates or within a 10 year timeframe are available for all burials; baptisms up to 1913 and census queries. For marriages transcriptions, see above.

Parish Registers Held at WSHC

Baptisms 1649-1663 and 1813-1991
Marriages 1649-1661
Burials 1898-1962
Bishop’s Transcripts – with Highworth
BTs 1837-1856 are held at Bristol Record Office (Included with Highworth and South Marston)

Parish History

Parish Snippets 1810-1984

Civil Registration

1837 – 1898 Highworth Registration District
1898 – Present Swindon Registration District

Buildings and Land

Inquisition of Lands 1433 Land Tax Redemption 1799

Maps

Ordnance Survey Map 1811-1812

Crime and Legal Matters

Directories

Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 Kellys 1939

Education

Emigration and Migration

Parish Strays

Employment and Business

Apprentices Indentures 1723-1775 Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834

Miscellaneous Documents

News Snippets

WANTED Two sisters or friends for work in neighbouring farmhouses; good food and wages; free trial by arrangement; travelling expenses paid. Mrs Haine, Roves Farm, Sevenhampton, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. “Irish Independent” 31st Aug 1946

Nonconformity and Other Places of Worship

For more information please go to the Highworth parish page.

Non-Conformist Baptist Strays 1820

People and Parish Notables

Burials in Highworth

Highworth Memorial Inscriptions for People from Sevenhampton

Parish Notables

Ian Fleming, Intelligence Officer and Author

Fleming Family Gallery

Probate

Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held

Henry Munday 1625 Edmund Milles 1626

War, Conflict and Military Matters

War Memorials & Military Gallery

R A J Warneford VC News Articles 1916 Roll of Honour Plaque 1914-1918