The OPC is Su Cooper
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Bishopstrow with Boreham – Corsley – Edington – Frome (SOM) – Horningsham – Longbridge Deverill – Upton Scudamore – Sutton Veny – Westbury
Websites of Interest
St. Denys – The Minster Church
St. Lawrence Chapel – A Peculiar or Independent Church
Warminster and Its Surrounds – Local Information Website
The Minster Church of St. Denys
Warminster St. Denys
Church History
Church Interior
St. Denys Interior Gallery Interior Wall Memorials St. Denys Interior Wall Tablets
Church Officials
Church Social Events
Fetes
Church Matters 1800-1849 Organ Restorations Minster Bells
Church Sunday School
Sunday Schools Anniversary 1888
Church Supported Charities & Causes
Salisbury Infirmary Diocese of Salisbury Parish Donations 1858
St. Denys Home
Churchyard
Parish Register Transcripts
Interesting Entries from the Parish Register
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1556-1965
Marriages 1556-1983
Burials 1556-1986
Parish History
Facts and Figures About Wiltshire 1874 Urban District Council Meeting 1900 Councillor Resigns 2014
Civil Registration
1837 – Present Warminster Registration District
Twin Towns
Made in Wiltshire
On display at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich is Queen Anne’s Astronomical Clock dated c1710 which was made by Edward Cockey of Warminster
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
County Agriculture Report 1847 Cattle Plague Regulations 1867
Cemeteries
Pine Lawns Cemetery
Fires
Five Buildings Damaged by Fire 1825
General Items
Caroline Purton, Fire Certificate 1863
Landowners
Public Houses
Bath Arms
Three Horseshoes
Three Horseshoes for Sale 1812
Railway
Great Western Railway Timetable Changes 1874
Taxes
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Crime and Legal Matters
Assault
Intoxicated Father Assaults Son 1840 Drunk, Disorderly & Assaulting a Policeman Charge 1883 Assault Charge 1888 Sentenced for Assault 1888
Bastardy and Child Support
Capital Punishment
Death Sentences & Executions 1757 Capital Punishment in Wiltshire 1800-1827 Death Sentence for Infanticide 1831 Death Sentence for John Gurd 1892
Courts and Court Cases
Warminster Assizes July 1878 Committed to the County Gaol 26.5.1874 Wilts Quarter Sessions Business Meeting 1884 Toone & Co. v John Jones 1900
Debtors
Prisoners in Fisherton Gaol 1761
Forgery
Fake Notes in Circulation 2014
Fraud
Miscellaneous Items
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Crime Reports 1850-1899 Fines for Not Sending Children to School 1889
Murder
Murder Charge 1886 Double Murder in Wiltshire 1892 Murder on the Beat 2008
Prisons and Prisoners
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879 Convicts sent to Prison Hulks 1823-1842
Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)
Audeley v Thynne Bingham v Staples
Reformatory
3 Runaway Boys 1859 Reformatory Runaways Recaptured 1871 Sentenced to the Reformatory 1883
Sex Crimes
Rape at Warminster 1878 Undergraduate Charged with Kissing Young Lady 1878
Theft
Theft of Half-Pennies 1841 August Mitchell, The Warminster Romance 1867 Court Appearance of George Austin 1869 Labourer Steals from Workhouse 1870 Burglaries in the Market Place 1874 Heavy Fine for Stealing Coal 1890
Transportation
Transportation of Prisoners 1827 Transportation for Assault 1829 Convicts for Transportation 1830
Directories
Education
St. Boniface Missionary College Festival 1890 Plans for Kingdown School 2014
Emigration and Migration
Emigration to Australia
Nth. Queensland Pioneer & Settlers Register 1825-1920 – Herbert Curtis Passengers Bound for South Australia on the Surge 1852
Emigration to the United States of America
James Gale, Utah Pioneer 1829-1915
General Items
Employment and Business
Advertising
R. E. Vardy – Tarling’s Metallic Ink Suppliers 1846
Agriculture and Land
Agricultural Labouring
Aspects of the Life of the Wiltshire Agricultural Labourer c1850
Gamekeeping
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834 Gamekeepers Certificates 1846
Shepherding
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.
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
| William John Cane 1898 | Richard Foreman 1849 | George Herbert Humphries 1883 | William Moffatt 1835 | Victor Henry Edward Rawlings 1916 |
| William Henry Young 1864 |
Aviation
Aviators Certificate for Gordon Ernest Bigwood 1939
Communications
Postal Services
British Postal Services 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Wiltshire Constabulary 1858 Police Sergeant Enos Molden 1843-1892 Health & Pension of P.C. Joseph Mizen 1905
Metropolitan Police Pensions Records
Thomas Alexander Abbott 1860s-1889 John Andrews 1855-1880
Engineering
County Surveyor Application of William Hardick 1858
Exhibitions
Warminster Industrial Exhibition 1869
General Items
Hair Powder Tax Stamp Distributors 1801 Treat for Workmen 1866
Markets and Fairs
Markets 1800-1849 Warminster Fair and Market 1847 Markets 1850-1899
Medical Matters
Dentistry
Doctors, General Practitioners and Surgeons
Medical License Extract for Alexander Pyott 1687 Medical License Extract of Richard Pearsall 1742 General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Newspapers
Salisbury & Winchester Journal
Situations Vacant
Trades Unions
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Farewell to Rev. Johnson 1884 Non Conformist Sunday School Annual Treat 1888
Baptists
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Horse & Phaeton Accident 1847 Man Killed by Lightning 1901
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agricultural Societies
Wiltshire Agricultural Show Prize Winners 1904
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society
Membership 1827-1871 General Meeting 1846
Youth & Childrens Organisations
Brownies Celebrate 100 Years 2014
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Notices 1700-1849 Bankruptcy Notice of William Baiss 1811-1812
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Polling District Poll Book Analysis 1857 Poll Book 1865 Polling District Poll Book Analysis July 1865 Voting Revisions Barristers Court 1890 MP Nominations 2015
Entertainment, Fairs and Fetes
The Hanging Fair Bachelors Ball 1838 Lecture on India 1872
Family Notices
| Family Notices 1800-1849 | Family Notices 1850-1899 | Family Notices 1900-1949 |
| BMDs from the Parish Magazine 1901 (St. Denys) | BMDs from the Parish Magazine 1902 (St. Denys) |
Funeral Notices and Reports
Obituaries, Death & Funeral Notices 1940
Obituaries
Rev. Charles Herbert Young 1938
Inquest Reports
| Inquest Reports 1800-1899 | James Charlton 1872 | Suicide of William Curtis 1859 | Thomas Gilbert 1871 |
| Alfred Horton 1890 | Albert Sparey & Elizabeth Yeates 1888 |
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
Sport
Horse & Hounds Meets 1800-1899 Shooting Competition 1902 Bath Cyclists Wiltshire Trip 1937 Pigeon Racing Annual Awards 1956
Uncategorised People Items
Bishop of Warminster Common c1790-c1860 Japanese Prince at Warminster 1872
Parish Notables
Ernest Ford, Born in 17 February 1858 – Died 2 June 1919 in Marylebone, London, Composer & Conductor
Peter John Walter (John) Atyeo (1932 -1993), Bristol City and England Footballer.
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Board of Guardians
Meeting Reports
Poor Law Crime
Reward for Whereabouts of Samuel Cray 1837
Poor Law Supplies and Tenders
Medical Tenders Requested 1841
Removals and Settlements
Settlement Orders Guildford Surrey 1811-1819
Workhouse
Workhouse Crime
Workhouse Crime 1835-1850 Threatening Letter Sent to Workhouse Governor 1843
Workhouse Inmates
Adults in Workhouse for 5 Consecutive Years 1861
Probate
Probate Index 1857 (WSHC) Death & Estate Notice of William Scott 1954
Inquisition Post Mortem of Lands Held
Inquisition of Thomas Maudut 1308 Inquisition of Lands Held 1433
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Philip Ravenhill Military Service
Attestation & Discharge Records
Royal Marines
James Garratt 1801-1813 John Garrett 1778-1807
Crimean War
Death of Nurse Elizabeth Bidwell 1922
Boer War
Casualties
Military News
Red Cross
Dr. Hadley & Frederick Tucker 1900
Servicemen and Women
Chelsea Pensions 1808-1828 Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
Wiltshire Regiments
Warminster Troop Wilts. Yeomanry Cavalry – Entertainment at East Knoyle 1860
Encampment of the Wiltshires 1868
Royal Navy
Naval Attestation
Henry Provis 1843 William Presley 1854 Francis Johnson 1856
WWI
Burial of Unknown Soldier 1915 Soldiers and Pet Jackdaw 1915
British Red Cross/Voluntary Aid Detachment
V.A.D. & Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1918 Local Nurses and War Work 1919
Volunteers
Rose Cox 1917-1919 Dora Hancock 1915-1919
Casualties
WWII
WWII Civilian Deaths 1939-1945 Home Guards 1940-1944
Casualties
George Arthur Edgar Sanday 1945
War Memorials & Books of Remembrance
Memorial Books
| Bell Ringers Book of Remembrance in St. Pauls Cathedral Library WWI | Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 |
| Bell Ringers Book of Remembrance in St. Pauls Cathedral Library WWII |
Memorials
Christchurch
Warminster Christchurch
Websites
Visit GenUKI for information relating to Christchurch, Warminster
The Parish Church
Christ Church Gallery Christ Church Interior Christ Church Churchyard
Incumbents
Ordination of Deacons & Priests 1876
News
Church Matters 1800-1849 Church Matters 1850-1899
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1831-1952
Marriages 1839-1992
Burials 1833-1959
People and Notables
Life Events Extract from Parish Magazine 1901 Life Events Extract from Parish Magazine 1902
Smallbrook
People and Parish Notables
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
St. Lawrence
Warminster St. Lawrence
The Parish Church
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1821-1858
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Warminster Common
People & Parish Notables
Emigration & Migration
