OPC is Andrew Davies
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Chirton – Etchilhampton – Market Lavington – Patney – Potterne – Stert – Wilsford
Websites of Interest
Urchfont Bells – A small mystery
Urchfont Parish Council – Community and the parish news
The Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
St. Michael’s Gallery St. Michael’s Interior Gallery
Under the northern escarpment of Salisbury Plain lies the village of Urchfont. The parish church of St. Michael and All Angels is notable for its 14th century vaulted chancel.
Church Backed Charities and Funding
Church News
Church Officials
Parish Register Transcripts
Interesting Parish Register Entries 1559-1727
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1538-1980
Marriages 1538-2002
Burials 1538-1925
Parish History
Newspaper Reports 1850-1899 Scarecrow Trails 2014
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Devizes Registration District
Buildings and Land
On a pig farm in Acorns Field, Wickham Green, Urchfont, can be found 3 graves supposedly those of plague victims John, Jacob and Humphrey Giddings who all succumbed to the disease in 1644. The site is not generally open to the public but viewings can be sought by contacting the farm owner.
Agriculture
Cattle Plague Regulations 1867
Cemetery
Public Houses
Lamb Inn
Urchfont Manor
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Courts
Devizes District Petty Sessions 13 April 1846
Crime Reports
Drunk & Disorderly
Directories
Education
National School Entertainment Programme 1890
Emigration and Migration
To Australia
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Gaming Notices 1846 (Includes Wedhampton)
Apprentices
Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish.
Daniel Burgess 1719 John Cooper 1711
Communications
British Post Office Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Medicine
General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agricultural Societies
Wiltshire Agricultural Show Prize Winners 1904
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society
General Meeting 1846 Promotion 1912 Festival of the Wilts Friendly Society 1847
Bankruptcy
Celebrations
Golden Wedding – Alexander 1936
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Local Council Elections
Members of Parliament
Walter Long Talks Schedule 1890
MP Nominations
Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818
Voters List
Voters Lists 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843
Family Notices
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.
Family Pedigrees
Wedding Reports
Richard Cordell Newbury & Joyce Mabyn Tomkinson 1951
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Poor Law Union Bread & Flour Contract 1838
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
John Toppe 1633 John Saynesbury 1634
Parishioners Wills
Mary Pierce 1735 William Harraway 1767 William Harraway 1769
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Naval Attestation – Jacob Hale 1854
Servicemen and Women
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
Service Exemption Tribunals 1914-1918 WWI Serving Military Personnel 1914
WWII
Victoria Cross Recipient Thomas Gray 1940
War Memorials and Dedications
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 War Memorial WWI & WWII British Red Cross VAD Volunteer Record Elsie Gale 1916-1919
Wedhampton
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Militia Men Damage Farmer’s Gate 1853
Directories
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Family Notices
General People Items
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.
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Servicemen and Women
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
WWI Volunteers of Wedhampton 1914
