The OPC is Eric Read
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Bradford on Avon – Holt – Trowbridge – Alvediston – Ansty – Ebbesbourne Wake – Sutton Mandeville – Tisbury – Wardour
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. Peter
St. Peter’s Gallery St. Peter’s Interior Gallery St. Peter’s Churchyard Gallery
Book of Swealewanclif 940 The Bell from the Old Church Church Rebuilt 1842-1843 Inclosure Benefaction Board 1853 Interior Brass Plaque Inscriptions
Church Officials
Incumbents c1150-1975 Appeal to Provide Residence for Minister 1834 Clergy List 1840-2011
Church Supported Charities
Salisbury Infirmary Diocese of Salisbury Parish Donations 1858
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1737-1993
Marriages 1748-1998
Burials 1737-1992
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Tisbury Registration District
April 1936 – January 1978 Mere Registration District
January 1978 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Agricultural
Foot & Mouth Disease 1924-1925
Landowners
Public Houses
Royal Oak, Common Lane
Is a 16th century part thatched cottage pub.
Weather Phenomena
Summer Hailstorm of 1785 & Damage Caused 1853
Crime and Legal Matters
Court Cases
Committed to the County Gaol 26.5.1874 Hiscock & Wright v Burt 1893
Crime Reports
Poaching
Vehicle Crime
Farmer and His £50 Car 1921 £100 Award for Motorist 1940
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1889 Kellys 1903 Kellys 1915
Education
Salisbury Diocese Board of Education 1800-1849
Emigration and Migration
Assisted Emigration
Robert & Charlotte Rabbetts 1854
Employment and Business
Apprentices
Communications
British Postal Services Appointments 1737-1969
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Census Returns
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Elections, Polls and Voting Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
Obituaries
Personal Research
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
William, Earl of Pembroke 1630
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials and Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Roll of Honour 1914-1919 Roll of Honour 1939-1945
