OPC Vacancy

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Bremilham – Brokenborough – Charlton – Foxley – Hullavington – Malmesbury

Websites of Interest

The Parish Church of St. Mary

St. Mary’s Gallery

Sermon by Rector of Bremhill is Published 1777

Church Meetings

1940

Parish Registers held at WSHC

Baptisms 1678-1944
Marriages 1685-1891
Burials 1678-1885
BTs 1837-1860 are held at Bristol Record Office

Parish History

The parish is now part of the Malmesbury Parish

Civil Registration

1837 – April 1936 Malmesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Chippenham Registration District

Buildings and Land

Owners of Land 1873

Indentures

Mortgage, Andrews to Miller 1889

Maps

Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1813-1814

Crime and Legal Matters

Arson

Arson by Servant 1869

Crime Reports

1800-1849           1850-1899

Identity Theft and Fraud

John Bailey to Vote in an Election 1869

Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)

Escorte v Webb

Theft

Transported for Pig Stealing 1830

Directories

Kellys 1915 (Official Establishments)          Kellys 1915 Residential & Commercial               Taylors Telephone 1941

Education

Emigration and Migration

Employment and Business

Agriculture and Land

Gamekeepers Certificates 1807

Apprentices

Amos Blauckett 1752          Thomas Browne 1716          Mathew Cooke 1751

Medicine

Medical License Extract for Roger Grant 1704          General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

Congregational Chapel

Family Notices 1850-1899           Sisterhood Meeting 1940

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns Transcripts

1851

Elections and Polls

Poll of Freeholders 1772        Poll Book 1818          Voters List 1832          Voters Lists Revisions 1843

Family Notices

1850-1899

Inquest Reports

Ernest Jack Thornbury 1906

Parish Notables

Thomas Hobbes, Philosopher

Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse

Guardians

Election of Guardians 1837          Election of Guardians 1839          Election of Guardians 1844          Nomination of Guardians 1886

Tenders

Medical Services

1837           1839

Probate

Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held

Adam Peddington als. Tuck 1628           Richard Jeaine 1628

Parishioners Wills

Susannah Swaine Proved 1789 (Administration)

War, Conflict and Military Matters

War Memorial & Military Gallery

Malmesbury & Westport St. Mary War Memorial