The OPC is Paul Vivash
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Collingbourne Ducis – Figheldean – Fittleton – Kimpton (HAM) – Ludgershall – South Tidworth (HAM)
Websites of Interest
Tidworth
Holy Trinity
The Parish Church of Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Gallery Holy Trinity Churchyard
Church Backed Charities and Funding
Church Census
Church Officials
Bishops
Bishop’s Visitation Questions & Answers 1783
Vicars
Churchyard
Holy Trinity Churchyard contains the War Graves of five WWII Servicemen.
Holy Trinity Churchyard Memorials
Parish Register Transcripts
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1700-1953
Marriages 1700-1983
Burials 1700-1951
Buildings and Land
Land Surveys
Location
Tidworth is a Garrison town (Military Base) in the south-east of Wiltshire. It is located on the edge of the Salisbury Plain about 15 miles north, north-east of Salisbury. Originally North Tidworth was located in Wiltshire & South Tidworth was part of the county of Hampshire. The boundary was redrawn in 1992 and the separation of the two parts of Tidworth was removed. The entire town of Tidworth became part of Wiltshire, however the two parts remained as separate civil parishes until 1st April, 2004.
Population Figures
Population Figures 1801-2011
Buildings and Land
Domesday Book Entry (North) Domesday Book Extract (South) Feet of Fines 1377-1509 Tithe Apportionments 1839 Savernake Estate Sold 1929 Most Desirable Postcode in Britain 2014
Ancient Monuments
Tidworth has 16 Ancient Monuments listed as scheduled monuments. List of Ancient Monuments One of the Ancient Monuments listed is Sidbury Hill.
Listed Buildings
Grade I – Buildings or outstanding architectural or historic interest:
There are no listings in North Tidworth for this category
Grade II* – Buildings are particularly important and of more than special interest:
Church of Holy Trinity
Grade II – Buildings (& Monuments) are nationally important and of special interest:
| Maton Monument in Holy Trinity Churchyard | Mompesson Monument in Holy Trinity Churchyard | 381 and 382 Pennings Road |
| 383 Pennings Road | Thatchwell Cottage | 12 Zouch Farm Road |
Previously Listed Buildings
| Lucknow Barracks | Lucknow Barracks – Armourer’s and Pioneer Shop | Lucknow Barracks – Guardroom |
| Lucknow Barracks – Officers Mess | Lucknow Barracks – Quartermaster Stores | Mooltan Barracks |
| Mooltan Barracks – Guardroom | Mooltan Barracks – Officers Mess | Mooltan – Quartermaster Stores |
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808
Public Houses
Ram Inn, on the A338
Situated in the centre of this garrison town.
Railway
Crime and Legal Matters
Courts
Eyre Rolls 1249 Quarter Sessions 1563-1592 Quarter Sessions 1728-1890
Crime Reports
Debtors
Land Matters
Feet of Fines 1273-1323 Feet of Fines 1310 (South) Feet of Fines 1377-1509 (South)
Prisons and Prisoners
Gaol Delivery 1273-1306 Irish Prison Record John Donald Blunt 1908
Theft
Accused of Stealing Money 1860
Witchcraft
Directories
| Post Office 1849 | Post Office 1855 | Post Office 1859 | Harrods 1865 | Kellys 1867 | Post Office 1875 |
| Kellys 1880 | Kellys 1889 | Kellys 1895 | Kellys 1898 | Kellys 1903 | Kellys 1907 |
| Kellys 1911 | Kellys 1920 | Kellys 1920 | Kellys 1927 | Kellys 1939 |
Education
Schoolmasters 1606-1677
Emigration and Migration
Strays Index Naturalisation Certificates 1939-1957
Employment and Business
Stuart Tradesmen 1607 (South) Stuart Tradesmen 1614-1618 British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969 Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Articles of Clerkship – Thomas Hughes 1831
Apprentices
Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices 1710-1811 Apprentice – John Roby 1719-20
Aviator Certificates
Maurice Seymour Leonard Brierley 1937 Gerald Bruce Litchfield 1950 Cyril George Yarnold 1939
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Meeting House Licences 1689-1852
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
Miscellaneous Items
UK Death Duty Registers 1796-1811 Gilbert White’s Wiltshire Friends 1893 Garage Receipt for Captain Lonsdale 1934
Parish Notables
James Blunt (James Hillier Blount) – singer, songwriter and former soldier. He was born in 1974 at the Military Camp.
Sport
Cricket Matches 1800-1899 Cricket Match – Pewsey v Tidworth 1847
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Tidworth falls under the Andover Union Jurisdiction
Charity
Poor Law Union
Supplies Tender 1846Removal Orders 1754
Probate
Probate Index (WSHC) 1548-1869 Probate Index (Canterbury) 1557-1844
Inquisitions Post Mortem
Parishioners Wills
John Maton Proved 1590 Robert Maton Proved 1588
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Tidworth Military Camp Gallery Pre 2000 Tidworth Garrison Gallery Post 2000
Garrison Church of St. Michael
Garrison Church Gallery Garrison Church Interior
Military Census
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
Military Cemetery
Military Crime
Soldier Charged with Poaching 1909 Death of Lance Corporal Gerald Britton Woodhouse 1929 Trial for the Murder of Lance Corporal Gerald Woodhouse 1929
Military Manoeuvres
Staffordshire Volunteers on Salisbury Plain 1905
Military Tattoo
Tidworth Military Cemetery
Tidworth War Graves WWI & WWII Gallery
Tidworth Military Cemetery contains a total of 522 War Graves from WWI & WWII of which 173 commemorated are members of the Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.), 162 of WWI and a single burial for WWII. For more details on those buried here see under WWI and WWII headings below
WWI
Army Camps
Territorial Camps 1914 Army Camp Poetry
British Red Cross/VAD Volunteers
Casualties Buried in the Military Cemetery
William George Hobbs 1918 William Stanley Zucker 1918
Casualties Connected to Tidworth but not buried in the Military Cemetery
War Memorials & Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
Absentees/Deserters
WWII
Prison Camps
Prisoner of War Camps in Wiltshire Prisoner of War Camps 2010
Royal Air Force
Missing After Flight V. S. Payne 1941
| Abbreviations Used in Australian Service Records | Disposal Order of Medals of Deceased Australian Soldiers | Headstone Costs for A. I. F. Servicemen |
| Imperial War Graves Commission Information on Cemetery & Memorial Registers | Medical Classifications for Wounded & Sick Australian Soldiers | No Photographs of Permanent A.I.F. Headstones |
| Temporary Memorial Photographs of Australian Soldiers in UK | Australian WWI Recruitment Posters | Australian Graves in Britain 1918 |
| Inquest on Arthur Bosanquet 1918 | Remembered in England 1920 | Soldiers Graves in England 1920 |
| Australian Graves Abroad 1921 | Royal Artillery Regiment Receive Service Medals 2012 | Troop Numbers in Wiltshire to Increase 2013 |
Irish Prison Registers – Military
William Doherty 1909 Patrick Cahill 1910 William Harvey 1910 Martin Sullivan 1920 John Donald Blunt 1908
Naval Records
Register of Merchant Seamen Royal Navy Registers of Seamen Merchant Seaman Image – Frederick William Chamberlain
War Graves in Holy Trinity Churchyard
Edward Thomas Donoghue George Eric Foster John McDougall John Storton Leonard Woodcock
Post WWII
Military Deaths
Lieutenant John William Agar 1933
Military Inquests
South Tidworth
St. Mary
The Parish Church of St. Mary
Churches Conservation Trust St. Mary’s Church Incumbents 1551-1829
The Churchyard of St. Mary contains one War Grave from WWII – that of William Harvey Kenneth Annetts
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – 1881 Andover Registration District
1881 – April 1936 Pewsey Registration District
April 1936 – Present Devizes Registration District
