The Consultant is Cathy Day
The OPC Role may be shared
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Brewham (SOM) – Charlton Musgrave (SOM) – Mere – Penselwood (SOM)
Websites of Interest
Cathy Day – OPC for Mere, has her own website which can be visited via her link.
The Parish Church of St. Peter
St.Peter’s Gallery St. Peter’s Interior Gallery St. Peter’s Churchyard Gallery
Interior Wall Memorial Inscriptions Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions Rectors of Stourton 1316-1996
Church Supported Charities and Funding
Parish Register Transcripts
Interesting Parish Register Notes 1588-1792
Baptisms
1572-1620 1621-1680 1681-1740 1741-1780 1781-1800 1801-1844 1845-1907
Banns
Marriages
Burials
1570-1650 1651-1700 1701-1750 1751-1800 1801-1958
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1572-1915
Marriages 1578-1997
Burials 1570-1998
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – January 1978 Mere Registration District
January 1978 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Landowners
Land Surveys
Public Houses
Spread Eagle, Church Lawn
This pub sits in the centre of Stourhead Gardens and is owned by the National Trust. Architecturally it is a mix of the original 13th century and later 19th century additions.
Stourhead House
Stourhead House Open to Public 1858 Bristol Cross & Castle Renovation 1894 National Trust Information Leaflet c1972
Taxes
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Bastardy Bonds 1728-1822 Bastardy Examinations 1853-1856
Crime Reports
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
A Convict in the Family Strays Index
Employment and Business
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Mere Conservative Smoking Concert 1899
Census Returns Transcripts
1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Please not that the 1831 Census lists heads of household and the numbers of males and females therein.
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015 Election Agents for the South West 2017
Inquest Reports
Sport
Cricket Club Supper and Meeting 1899
Taxes
Poor Law , Charity and The Workhouse
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Veteran Service Personnel
Edward Shirley Godman 1876-1951
WWI
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 War Memorial Tablet 1914-1919
WWII
WWII Casualties
Gasper and Bonham
Directories
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Bonham Roman Catholic Chapel
