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Historically, Somerford Keynes was in Wiltshire.  It transferred to Gloucestershire jurisdiction in 1897.

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Ashton Keynes – Kemble (now GLS) – Minety – Oaksey – Poole Keynes – Shorncote – Siddington (GLS)

Websites of Interest

Parish Church of All Saints

All Saints Gallery          All  Saints Interior Gallery          All Saints Churchyard Gallery

Incumbents          Patrons & Incumbents          Late Saxon Sculpture          Persons known to be buried in the Church grounds          John Bowley Benefaction Tablet 1911

Courts Leet – Churchwardens v George & Baydon 1611

Parish Registers held at WSHC

Baptisms 1560-1827 Marriages 1560-1563 and 1583-1827 Burials 1560-1827 BTs held at WSHC BTs 1838-1879 are held at Bristol Record Office

Parish History

Buildings and Land

Owners of Land 1873

Maps

Ordnance Survey Map 1816

Crime and Legal Matters

Directories

Swindon & District 1928         Taylors 1941

Education

Emigration and Migration

Strays Index

Employment and Business

Agriculture and Land

Game Licences 1834

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.

John Biss 1725           Oliver Browne 1719

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

People and Parish Notables

Tragic death of Thomas Arnold 1790

Census Returns Transcripts

1851          1881          1891          1901

Elections and Polls

Poll Book 1818          Voters List 1832          Voters Lists Revisions  1843          Poll Book 1868          Electoral Lists Revision Court 1902

Family Notices

1800-1849           1900-1949

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.

Sport

Sports News 1900-1949

Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse

Probate

War, Conflict and Military Matters

Casualties of WWI         WWI Memorial Tablet           WWII Memorial Plaque