The OPC is Brian Denton
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Chitterne All Saints – Imber – Maddington – Market Lavington – Orcheston St. George – Orcheston St. Mary – West Lavington
Websites
The Parish Church of St. Thomas a Becket
By the source of the River Till, deep within Salisbury Plain, lies Tilshead with an interesting church of which the most noteworthy feature is its massive 13th century tower set in the middle of the building but lacking the transepts of a cruciform church. The nave is 12th century with massive square piers and plain arches. There is a Norman Font The church is faced with the combination of stone and flint characteristic of the Wiltshire chalk country.
St. Thomas Gallery St. Thomas Interior St. Thomas Churchyard Gallery
Church Building
Church Census
Church News
1800-1899 Ecclesiastical Intelligence September 1846
Church Supported Charities
Salisbury Infirmary Diocese of Salisbury Parish Donations 1858
Churchyard
St. Thomas a Becket Churchyard Memorials
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1664-1991
Marriages 1664-1999
Burials 1664-1994
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Amesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Agricultural
Landowners
Public Houses
Black Horse Inn, High Street
Is a 16th century establishment which was a brewhouse up to 1800.
Rose & Crown, High Street
The building is an old structure. Farm tools and old village images on display in the lounge. Home made Italian Cuisine.
Weather Phenomena
Floods
Great Flood 1841 Great Flood on the Plain Great Flood Damage 1841 Great Flood Damage Repairs Estimates 1841
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1837-1859
Crime Reports
Highway Robbery
Robbers Stone Inscription
“This monument is erected to record the awful end of a highway robber who fell dead on this spot in attempting to escape his pursuers, after robbing Mr Dean of Imber, in the evening of October 21st 1839, and was buried at Chitterne without Funeral Rites. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them. Prov 21, 7. His three companions in Iniquity, Thomas Saunders, George Water and Richard Harris were captured and sentenced at the ensuing Quarter Sessions at Devizes to transportation for the Term of Fifteen Years. Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. Prov 11, 21”
A further stone was erected at the point of capture of the accomplices; images of the stones can be viewed in the main photo gallery
Poaching
Accused of Poaching 1864 Trespassing for Rabbits 1890
Theft
Stealing Ducks 1864 Soldier Charged with Watch Theft 1908
Directories
Post Office 1855 Gillmans 1899 Kellys 1915
Education
Diocesan Board of Education Meeting 1874
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
British Postal Services Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Baptist Chapel
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Members of Parliament
Walter Long Talks Schedule 1890
MP Nominations
MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818
Voters Lists
Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865
Family Notices
Family Notices Undated 1800-1849 1900 – Present
Sport
Bath Cyclists Wiltshire Trip 1937
Wedding Reports
Major Perkins & Miss Gurdon 1948
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Amesbury Union Guardians Appointed 1835
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Giles Tooker 1627 William, Earl of Pembroke 1630
Parishioners Wills
James Maslen Proved 1851 George Slade Proved 1695 (Nuncupative) John Wansbrough Proved 1709
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
Winnie the Pooh and the Bear that Inspired Its Creation 1914 WWI Volunteers of St. Thomas Parish
War Memorials and Commemorations
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 War Memorial
Books and Research Projects
Village War Memorial Research (Submitted by Ian Clegg)
