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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Buttermere – Chute – Collingbourne Kingston – Great Bedwyn – Hippenscombe -Shalbourne (BRK) – Vernham Dean (HAM)
Websites of Interest
The Church of St. Michael
(Tidda’s Valley) lies at the foot of the downs below Chute Causeway, where the roman road from Winchester to Cirencester runs along the ridge. By the side of this road on the ridge above the village is a long barrow. The church (St Michael) is chiefly decorated with a low perpendicular tower. There are two piscinae with shelves, a fine Jacobean pulpit and tester, and a Norman font. Built into the east wall of north aisle are some old encaustic tiles. The brick porch is dated 1675.
[source: The Little Guides, Methuen, 1949]
St. Michael’s Gallery St. Michael’s Interior Gallery St. Michael’s Churchyard Gallery
St. Michaels Interior Memorial Inscriptions St. Michael’s Churchyard Memorials
Parish Register Transcripts
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1731-1791 and 1797-1907
Marriages 1732-1846
Burials 1731-1791 and 1797-1812
Parish History
The parish includes the hamlets of Fosbury and Oxenwood and the extra parochial living of Hippenscombe
Civil Registrations
1837 – April 1937 Hungerford Registration District
April 1937 – Present Marlborough Registration District
Buildings and Land
Land Surveys
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1809
Crime and Legal Matters
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1865
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
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Inquisition of Guy de Bello Campo 1315
Parishioners Wills
John Hussey Proved 1599 Martha Hall Proved 1764
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Roll of Honour Plaque WWI
Fosbury
The Church of Christchurch
Parish Register Transcripts
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1856-1973
Marriages 1857-1973
Burials 1856-1987
Parish History
Has a church (Christ Church) dating from 1856. Fosbury Camp, to the south, isan Iron Age camp on Haydown hill (830ft high)
[source: The Little Guides, Methuen, 1949]
Civil Registration
See Tidcombe
Buildings and Land
Crime and Legal Matters
Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)
Directories
Entries may also be found in the mains parish directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Medical Matters
General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Voters List 1832
Family Notices
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Fosbury & Oxenwood War Memorial & Military Gallery
Dioceses of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Fosbury & Oxenwood War Memorial
Hippenscombe
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports 1850-1899 Swing Riot Trials of the North Brothers and Henry Rawlins 1831
