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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Bradford on Avon – Hilperton – North Bradley – Staverton – Steeple Ashton
Websites
Church Matters
Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers Meeting 1915
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1539-1935
Marriages 1539-1987
Burials 1539-1855
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Melksham Registration District
April 1936 – Present Trowbridge Registration District
Interesting Books
Trowbridge Then and Now by Michael Marshman and Ken Rogers
A Concise History of Trowbridge 1814 Subscribers to A Concise History of Trowbridge 1814 Parish News 1850-1899
Twin Towns
Buildings and Land
Meteor 1846 Property to Be Let or Wanted 1850-1899 Owners of Land 1873 Gloucester Road Allotments 2014 Grass Cutting Complaint 2014
Agriculture
Cattle Plague Regulations 1867
Fires
Four Killed in Fire 1900 Cinema and Restaurant Evacuated 2014
Fire Insurance Certificates
Mead, Paynton, Marchant, Young – Fire Certificate 1859
Land Tax
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1811
Properties for Sale
Walter Long Estate for Sale 1911
Public Houses
Kings Arms
This was a 16th century inn situated on Silver Street. The building was demolished in 1860. A watercolour painting of the building by artist William Wheatley is displayed in Trowbridge Museum. A postcard of the painting can be viewed in the main Trowbridge Photo Gallery at the top of this page.
Trowbridge Cemetery
A mid 19th century cemetery laid out to the design of C E Davis of Bath with a broad central tarmac avenue flanked by an avenue of Irish yews dividing the consecrated and unconsecrated sections, two chapels, a lodge and serpentine outer walks. The chapels and other buildings were built in March 1855 and the main carriage drive was constructed the following month. Though it was extended in the latter part of the 20th century, the mid 19th century cemetery remains relatively unchanged, retaining the lodge, chapel and structural planting together with several significant monuments and mausolea which reflect the prosperity of Trowbridge in the 19th and early 20th century. The two storey gothic-style lodge is constructed in stone under gabled tiled roofs. The two cemetery chapels are to the north and south of the main drive. The northern or Nonconformist chapel is a low cruciform structure with a tower, and a spire and weather vane at its south-west corner, built in early English style. The south or Anglican chapel comprises a four-bay chapel with a polygonal apse to the east and a tower at the north-east corner with short lancet windows. The cemetery contains three substantial mausolea and several monuments of significance.
Trowbridge Cemetery Gallery Trowbridge Cemetery Burial Books Extracts, 1856-1900
Brown Mausoleum
The mausoleum was designed by A. S. Goodridge of Bath but completed by G M Silley of London when there were problems with the dome, and built in 1900 by Sir William Roger Brown (1831-1902) in memory of Lady Brown. Sir Roger was a leading figure in Wiltshire’s textile industry and employed some thousand people in his mills. A noted philanthropist, he provided a local school, and endowed two blocks of almshouses in memory of his wife. He also set up a trust fund for the repair of the mausoleum. The frieze of letters on the main elevation declares “HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE”. The bronze gates, bearing the legend “I HAVE THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HADES”, lead down a series of steps to the bronze doors of the red granite mausoleum. Sadly, the gates were reported stolen in 2012 and given that an attempt had also been made to forcibly remove the bronze doors a decision was taken to remove these to a secure location within the cemetery. The bronze doors can be viewed by prior appointment with the Wiltshire County Council’s cemeteries division.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the gates is kindly asked to come forward to either Wiltshire Council or the Mausolea and Monuments Trust. Photograph at the top of the page is published courtesy of The Mausolea and Monuments Trust. Visit their website here
Crime and Legal Matters
Animal Related Crime
Killing and Injuring Sheep 1878
Arson
Burglary
Commercial Crime
Entrapping a Tradesman 1868 Exposing Diseased Meat for Sale 1874 Chasing a Runaway Tradesman 1883
Crime Reports
Drunk & Disorderly
Forgery
Fake Notes in Circulation 2014
Fraud
Gun Crime
Shot Through Bathroom Window 1944
Licensing
Motoring Offences
Damages Against Farmer’s Son 1925
Murder
Attempted Murder by Lunatic 1863
Prisons and Prisoners
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879 Convicts sent to Prison Hulks 1823-1842 Bedford Gaol Prisoner George Hawkins 1851
Property Crime & Trespass
Remorse
Theft
Foreigner Steals from Fellow Countryman 1840 Robbery by Employee 1866 Serious Charge of Stealing and Receiving Stolen Wool 1888
Transportation
From Wiltshire to Tasmania 1809-1850 Convicts for Transportation 1830 Transported for Stealing A Harness and Saddle 1837
Directories
Education
Grove School Scarecrow Trail 2014
Emigration and Migration
Australia
South
Passengers aboard the the Surge 1852
Assisted Emigration
United States of America
Roger Gayton 1774 USA Naturalisation Record – Herbert Frank Alloway 1920
Utah Pioneers
Isaac Dunford and Family 1823-1877 Edward Harding 1832-1903 Christopher Stokes 1830-1916
General Items
Emigration & Migration News 1800-1899 Emigration Home Contact Requested 1800 – Present
Strays
Strays Index From Yorkshire to Wiltshire 2016
Employment and Business
Business & Advertising Gallery
Advertising
Agriculture and Land
Gamekeeper Seeks Position 1838 Aspects of the Life of the Wiltshire Agricultural Labourer c1850
Apprentices
Apprentices to London Livery Companies 1595-1778 Trowbridge Apprentices 1713-1797
Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish
Richard Anstie 1756 John Aven 1759 John Bailey 1721 James Bernett 1752 Mary Bowles 1757 Henry Bush 1718
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
Blacksmiths
Brewing
Ushers
Conveyance Indenture – James L. Usher to Ushers Brewery 1926 Beerex Festival 1976
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Wiltshire Constabulary 1858 Metropolitan Police Pensions Record – Charles Alderton 1907-1923
Household Furnishings &c.
Rogers & Co. Advertisements 1900-1949 Purchase Agreement between H.J. Knee Ltd and Ricketts 1922
Inventors and Patents
Markets
Medicine
Medical License – John Stevens 1702 Medical License – Richard Browne 1712 Medical License – Richard Isherwood 1723 General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Stationers &c.
Diplock – Tarling’s Metallic Ink Suppliers 1846
Tax Collectors
Hair Powder Tax Stamp Distributors 1801 James Lampier, Soldier & Toll Collector 1872
Textiles
Clothworker’s Record – Mr William Gibbs Moon 1934
Trades Unions
Union Supporters Stage Protest Outside County Hall 2014
Union Membership
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Non Conformist Churches Gallery
Back Street Baptist Chapel
Back Street Independent Tabernacle
Bythesea Chapel
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – This item was 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 refer to Quaker burials found across the county
Conigre Baptist
Church Services Family Notices 1800-1899
Congregational Chapel
Manvers Street Methodist Chapel
Friend In Need Society Annual Sermon 1888
Salvation Army Hall – Castle Street
Salvation Army Birthday Greetings Card 1927
Silver Street Presbyterian
Wesleyan Methodist
People and Parish Notables
Can anyone name the soldiers in this gallery? If you can, or would like to contribute photographs of your own, please contact Teresa Lewis (Administrator). Thankyou. Trowbridge People Gallery
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Friendly Societies & Insurance Companies
Trowbridge Provident Society Success 1789 Co-Operative Sick Society AGM 1888
Wiltshire Friendly Society/Wilts Conservative Working Men’s Benefit Society
Membership 1827-1871 General Meeting 1846 Wilts Conservative Benefit Society Club Festival & Fete at East Knoyle 1912
Bankruptcy
Census Returns Transcripts
1821 1841 1851 (Part I) 1851 (Part II) 1861 1871 1881 (Part I) 1881 (Part II) 1891 1901 1911 1921
Please note that the 1821 Census above is an extract only. The 1851 & 1881 Census’s have been split into 2 parts due to their file size
Elections and Polls
Elections
Post Election Meeting 1838 MP Nominations 2015 Election Agents for the South West 2017
Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818
Voters List
Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843
Entertainment
Carnival
Butterfly Queen and Princess Selected 2014
Cinema
Palace Theatre Events June 1915
Dances
Variety
Mechanics Institution Entertainment 1850-1899
Family Notices
1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-1949 1950-1999
Funeral Notices
General Items
Inquest Reports
Inquest Reports 1800-1849 Inquests Reports 1815 Inquest Reports 1850-1899
Individual Reports
Elizabeth Ferris 1844 James Gardiner 1869 Henry Lintern 1903 John Pike 1855 William Smith 1869
Medical
Smallpox Outbreak and Vaccination 1824 Death from Hydrophobia 1878
Obituaries
Obituary of Thomas Charles Usher 1941
Parish Notables
| Nick Blackwell – Middleweight Boxer – 1990 – | ||
| George Crabbe – Poet & Clergyman | Nathan Dyer – Professional Footballer | John James Jackson – British Winter Olympian Bobsledder |
| Bell Mooney – Writer and Journalist | Benjamin Pitman – Author & Biographer | Sir Isaac Pitman – Inventor of shorthand |
| Danny Talbot – Athlete (Sprinter) & Olympian |
People of the Area
Trowbridge Cemetery Hillman Family Burials 1859-1998 Roy Stockdill Wiltshire Roots
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – This item was 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 refer to Quaker burials found across the county
Sport and Pastimes
Sporting News 1850-1899 Western League Football 1900
Wedding Anniversary Reports
Diamond Wedding Celebrated 1936
Wedding Reports
Elsie Alexander & Reginald Elloway 1917 Angelin Giddon & Sgt. Loder 1917
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Charity
Coffee Morning for Fibromyalgia Awareness 2014 Men Tackle Peaks Challenge for Charity 2014
Workhouse
Although the Workhouse was known as the Melksham Union Workhouse it was situated in the parish of Semington. Inmates from the Trowbridge parishes would have been housed here too. Read a little about the Workhouse and see a plan of the layout here.
Workhouse Crime 1835-1850 Poor Law Union Audit 1849
Workhouse Census Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
It is worth noting that in some cases inmates were entered by their initials only and for this project the names recorded have been listed alphabetically.
Probate
Administration & Letters of Intention
John Skuse Proved 1748 Administration Bond of John Pope 1815
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
William Jones 1626 John Hall 1632
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Attestation & Discharge Records
Royal Marines
Joseph Gabbery 1798-1812 James Gardner 1797-1810
Boer War
Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry Casualties 1899-1902 Troops For South Africa 1900
Deserters
Veterans
Deaths
Wiltshire Regiments
Encampment of the Wiltshires 1868 Shooting Competition for Wilts Rifle Volunteers 1872 Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
British Red Cross/Voluntary Aid Detachment
VAD & Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1918 Football in Aid of the Red Cross 1914-1918 Local Nurses and War Work 1919
Volunteers
French Flag Nursing Corps Volunteers
Casualties
Biographies
William Alfred G. Wilkins 1916
Casualty Lists
Soldiers of the Parish Buried Elsewhere in the UK Calne & District Casualty Lists 1914-1918
For King and Country
National Guard
Trowbridge Corps National Guard June 1915
News from the Front
Trenches Blown in, Men Stand Firm 1915
Trowbridge Roll of Honour
Roll of Honour Publication 1919
Written and compiled by Harry Sanders and published by B. Lansdown and Sons, Duke Street and Silver Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. The book was published shortly after the end of the First World War to commemorate not only those men who died in the service of their country, but also all those who served. It is understood that the Vicar collected all the information from every family in Trowbridge who had relatives in the Armed Forces, and, in the case of the Fallen, a photograph of each man. The book thus provides an additional aid to those researching family in Trowbridge, and in many cases, a photograph to treasure, preserving the memory of each man for another generation.
The transcription of the first part of the book, in memory of those who died, is under way and can be found by clicking the links below. If anyone has a copy of this book and would like to complete the transcription please let the administrators know.
Abrams – Cutmore Dallimore – Fulford Gardiner – Hutton Jacobs – Mundy
Christmas
Christmas Gift Ideas for the Troops – Advertisements 1914-1918 Christmas Gift Ideas for the Troops from H. J. Knee Ltd. 1914-1918
Donations and Charity
Egg Collection for Wounded Servicemen 1914-1918 Thank You Letter from Trowbridge Lads 1915
Wiltshire Regiment in WWI
Wiltshire Regiment in the Trenches of WWI Wounded List July 1917
WWI Commemorations
Outbreak of War Commemorated with Tree and Plaque 2014
WWII
Civilians
Inquest Reports
Inquest on Soldiers Died in Motor Crash at Seend 1943
Charity & Relief Organisations
Comfort for Forces Fund Accounts 1944
War Memorials and Books of Remembrance
Bell Ringers Book of Remembrance in St. Pauls Cathedral WWI Dedication of Bradford-on-Avon Rowing Club Memorial 1921 Trowbridge War Memorial 1914-1918 & 1939-1945
Holy Trinity
The Parish Church of Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Gallery Holy Trinity Interior Gallery
Parish Register Transcripts
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1838-1970
Marriages 1839-1985
Burials 1839-1978
Parish History
Civil Registration
See Main Trowbridge Section
Buildings and Land
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
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Service Personnel
Wiltshire Militia Deserters 1812
War memorials & Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 War Memorial 1914-1918 Grant Awarded for War Memorial Restoration
WWI Casualties
Reginald George Box 1916 Henry Charles Champion 1917 Charles Alfred Grant 1916
St. James
The Church of St. James
St. James Gallery St. James Interior Gallery
Subscribers to Rebuild of Parish Church 1847 Church Matters 1850-1899 Church Matters 1900-1949
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages
1538-1599 1600-1649 1650-1699 1700-1749 1750-1774 1775-1799 1800-1824 1825-1837
Burials
The burial file 1797-1839 are extracts only
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Melksham Registration District
April 1936 – Present Trowbridge Registration District
Buildings and Land
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
Poor Law and the Workhouse
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Edwin Stephen Ford 1914
St. Thomas
The Church of St. Thomas
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1870-1943
Marriages 1870-1945
Burials – There are no burials here.
Parish History
Civil Registration
See Main Trowbridge Section
Buildings and Land
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
Poor Law and the Workhouse
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
Studley
The Church of St. John
St. John Gallery St. John Churchyard Gallery
Poor Benefice Fund Grants 1880
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1853-1969
Marriages 1858-1993
Burials 1853-1954
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Melksham Registration District
April 1936 – Present Trowbridge Registration District
Buildings and Land
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
James, Earl of Marlborough 1633 Henry, Earl of Marlborough 1638
Crime and Legal Matters
Catching a Ghost 1867 Murderous Assault on Old Woman 1867
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Death of Veteran Jabez Cave 1904
