OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Aldbourne – Baydon – Liddington – Little Hinton – South Marston – Stratton St. Margaret
Websites
Duncan and Mandy Ball’s – Website for images of St. Andrews.
Wanborough Village Trail – War Memorial and Biographies
The Parish Church of St. Andrew
The Legend of Wanborough Church
A very great number of years ago, there were two old Maids living in Wanborough, evidently animated with the idea that neither should stand higher in the public estimation than the other, and when the Church was going to be built, one of them said she would pay the expense of building the Tower. The other, not to be outdone, said, Then I will build a spire or Steeple at the other end. And the outcome was a Church with both Tower and Steeple.
St. Andrew’s Gallery St. Andrew’s Interior Gallery St. Andrew’s Churchyard Gallery
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1582-1971
Marriages 1582-1990
Burials 1582-1909
BTs 1838-1862 are held at the Bristol Record Office
Parish History
Wanborough lies to the south east of Swindon. The parish church of St. Andrew’s is two towered and stands on a spur of the Downs. Wanborough was formerly known as Wodensbury and is divided into Upper and Lower Wanborough. It also includes the hamlets of Hawpit and Nythe.
Civil Registration
1837 – 1898 Highworth Registration District
1898 – Present Swindon Registration District
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
Fires
Fire at John Jenner’s Farm 1870 Fire at Inland Farm 1875
Landowners
Maps
Ordnance Survey Map 1811-1812 Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1818
Parish Council
Property Sales
Two Neighbouring Properties for Auction 1896 Property Sale in Swindon 1901
Public Houses and Brewery
Wanborough Brewery 1875-1880 Two Inns for Sale by Auction 1879 Beerex Festival 1976
The Calley Arms
Court Cases 1865 Prohibited Hours & License Renewals 1873-1875 Licensing 1887-1891
The Harrow Inn
Railways
Crime and Legal Matters
Assaults
Bastardy
Rivers v Mace 1860 Non Payment of Order Rivers v Mace 1860
Employment Related Crime
Albert Compton Leaving Service 1875 Arthur Ballard Leaving Service 1877
Miscellaneous
| Feet of Fines 1558-1560 | Crime Reports 1800-1849 | Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879 | Caught In the End 1832-1833 |
| Damage by Kent & Turtle 1869 | Misconduct of William Telling 1874 |
Thefts
Stealing a Whip 1879 William Willis Theft of Poultry from Alfred Johnson 1883 “Lost” Watch 1885
Directories
Swindon & District 1928 Kellys 1915
Education
Poor School Attendance 1887 Area School Sports Winners c1935
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Apprentices
Wiltshire Society
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
General Employment & Business Items
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
British Legion
Oddfellows
St. John Ambulance
St. John’s Ambulance Certificates for Elsie K. Hollis 1938-1939
Census Returns Transcripts
Bishop Compton’s census 1676
Aged over 16 years – 596 conformists, 4 non-conformists.
Elections, Polls and Voting Lists
Poll Book 1705 Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 Poll Book 1868 Electoral Lists Revision Court 1902
Family Notices
Miscellaneous Items
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Parish Notables
Melinda Messenger – Glamour Model & TV Presenter – Born 23 February 1971 in Swindon – Resident of Wanborough
People
Swimming Certificate & Short Biography of Laura Quickenden 1928-2008
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.
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Medical Relief 1837 Poor Law Union Supplies 1847 Public Assistance Administration 1948
Probate
Estate Notices
Inquisitions of Lands Held
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Chelsea Pensioners
Boer War
Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry Casualties 1899-1902
WWI
Roll of Honour Plaque WWI & WWII Victoria Cross Recipient William Gosling 1917
