The OPC is Rachel Stroud
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Beckington (SOM) – Berkeley (SOM) – Bishopstrow – Corsley – Edington – Frome (SOM) – North Bradley – Rodden (SOM) – Steeple Ashton – Upton Scudamore – Warminster with Christchurch
Websites
The Parish Church of All Saints
All Saints Church Gallery All Saints Interior All Saints Churchyard Gallery
Church News
Church Officials & Posts
Bell Ringers
Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers Meeting 1915
Vicars
Funeral Report and Obituary of Rev. Stafford Brown 1847
Church Supported Charities
Salisbury Infirmary Diocese of Salisbury Parish Donations 1858
Parish Register Transcripts
Interesting Entries from the Parish Registers
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1556-1998
Marriages 1556-1991
Burials 1556-1991
Parish History
Timeline Outline of Towns’ Past Facts and Figures About Wiltshire 1874 Rates Charges 1951
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Westbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Warminster Registration District
Twin Towns
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
Cattle Plague Regulations 1867 Agriculture in and Around Westbury
Cemetery
General Items
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842 Street and Road Names
Indentures
Lease Indenture of Thomas Phipps 1775
Landowners
Mills
Mills History in and Around Westbury
Public Houses
Oak Inn
Pub Taken Over by Aldi 2012 Destruction of the Oak Inn 2012 Demolition Video 2012
Railway
Roads
White Horse
Westbury White Horse White Horses of Wiltshire 1930
Crime and Legal Matters
Animal Related Crime
Horse Cruelty – William Kill & Rachael Mead 1872
Capital Punishment
The Execution of Rebecca Smith 1849
Court Cases
County Court Case Jackson v Watson 1847 Committed to the County Gaol 26 May 1874
Crime Reports
Firearms Offences
Shot Fired at Children at Play 1762
Forgery
Fake Notes in Circulation 2014
General Items
| Association for the Prosecution of Felons Meeting 1825 | Wilts Quarter Sessions Business Meeting 1884 | Hawking Without a License 1889 |
| Damages Against Farmer’s Son 1925 |
Murder
Murder, Escape, Capture & Sentence 1784 Trial, Sentence & Appeal of Heather Arnold 1986-1996
Prisons and Prisoners
Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879 Convicts sent to Prison Hulks 1823-1842
Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)
Theft
Jeremiah Brown, Theft from the Workhouse 1879 Obtaining Money by False Pretence 1889 Businesses Hit by Spate of Lead Thefts 2014 Theft at White Horse Country Club 2014
Transportation
Transported for Theft 1828 Transported for House Breaking 1831
Directories
Education
Education in Westbury School Log Extracts 1863-1918
Emigration and Migration
Strays Index Emigration Home Contact Requested 1800 – Present
Emigration to America and the USA
James Nash 1774 Paul Elkins and Family, Utah Pioneer 1850-1911
Emigration to Australia
South
Benjamin Hill & Family 1852 Scott Family 1854
Employment and Business
Advertising
Rogers & Co. Advertisements 1900-1949
Agriculture and Land
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834 Sale of Timber 1846
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.
| William Abraham 1719 | William Ball 1720 | John Bennett 1714 | Isaac Blagdon 1744 | John Boles 1721 | James Bourne 1755 | William Bourne 1759 |
| William Button 1725 | Edward Curtis 1713 | James Mattox 1720 |
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
James Bigwood 1822 Arthur John Burgess 1917 William George Dafter 1877 Richard Davis 1839 William Newman 1921 James Randall 1823 John Reynolds 1835
Aviation
Aviation Certificate of Benjamin Bathhurst 1928 Aviation Certificate of Ronald Belbin 1939
Brewing
Wiltshire Brewed Beers at the Hyde Tavern Festival, Winchester 2016
Communications
British Postal Services Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Metropolitan Police Pensions Records
Inventors and Patents
Medical Services
Apothecary Shop for Sale 1767 General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Situations Vacant
Trades Unions
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
St. Bernadette Catholic Church
West End Baptist Chapel
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Keevil District Society 1874 Brownies Celebrate 100 Years 2014
Friendly Societies & Insurance Companies
Trowbridge Provident Society Success 1789
Wiltshire Friendly Society
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 Poll Book Analysis for Polling District July 1865 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-1949 1950-1999
Funeral Reports
Inquest Reports
Inquest Reports 1800-1849 James Hulbert 1846 Luke Harding 1869 Inquest Reports 1900-1949
Parish Notables
Theodore Penleigh Boyd – Artist George Pargiter Fuller – Liberal Politician Sir Robert Peel – British Prime Minister and MP for Westbury
Sport
Cricket Match – Westbury Junction v Hadpen 1857 Bath Cyclists Wiltshire Trip 1937 Pigeon Racing Annual Awards 1956
Personal Research Items
Descendents of George Smith and Betty Taylor
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
Charity
Church Charities
Bishop of Salisbury’s Memorial Fund 1870
Health Charities
Mum & Son Shave Heads for Epilepsy Charity 2014
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Christopher Polden 1626 William Jones 1626 John Hall 1632 James, Earl of Marlborough 1633 Henry, Earl of Marlborough 1638
Parishioners Wills
Elizabeth Gaisford Proved 1743 Abigail Hancock Proved 1722-23 Samuel Wereat Proved 1721
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Prison Camps
Prisoner of War Camps in Wiltshire Prisoner of War Camps 2010
Royal Navy
Deserters in Australian Newspapers 1865 Naval Attestation – James Grant 1803 Naval Attestation – James Adlam 1805
Service Men & Women
Chelsea Pensioners 1808-1828 Family Notices 1850-1899
War Memorials
| Casualties of WWI & WWII Honoured on the War Memorial | New War Memorial WWI & WWII | War Memorial – Public Views Sought 2013 |
| Restored War Memorial Cross Rededicated 2014 | War Memorial Mystery as Numbers Don’t Tally 2014 |
Wiltshire Regiments
Encampment of the Wiltshires 1868 Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
British Red Cross/VAD Volunteers
Casualties
Soldiers of the Parish Buried Elsewhere in the United Kingdom Calne & District Casualty Lists WWI
War Memorials & Books of Remembrance
All Saints Churchyard War Memorial Cross WWI Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Bell Ringers Book of Remembrance in St. Pauls Cathedral Library WWI
Poetry
Roll Up – War Time Poem 1914-1918
Wiltshire Regiment in WWI
WWII
Casualties
Home Guard
Chalford
Buildings and Land
Employment and Business
People & Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Hawkeridge
Buildings and Land
Crime & Legal Matters
Court Cases
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Hawkeridge Congregational Chapel
Chapelyard Gallery Chapelyard Survey
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Heywood
Parish Church
Directories
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1818 (Brook)
Funeral Reports
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
War, Conflict and Military Matters
| Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 | V.A.D. & Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1918 | Christmas at Heywood House Hospital 1917 |
| Christmas on D Ward – Poem c 1917 |
WWI
Casualties
Charles Wyndham Barnes 1918 Frederick Charles Beaven 1918 Cecil Frederick Bowles 1916 Frederick Cook 1917
WWII
Funeral Reports
Westbury Leigh
Church of Holy Saviour
Buildings and Land
Land Owners
Indentures
Indenture between Barnes and Gibbs 1861
Public Houses
Apple Tree
Crime and Legal Matters
Emigration and Migration
From Yorkshire to Wiltshire 2016
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship)
Baptist Chapel
Chapelyard Gallery Chapelyard Memorial Inscriptions
Chapel Incumbents
Chapel Membership & Baptisms
1662-1799 1800-1824 1825-1849 1850-1899
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818
