OPC is Linda Hull
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Easton Royal – Milton Lilbourne – Savernake
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. Andrews
St. Andrew’s Gallery St. Andrew’s Interior Gallery St. Andrew’s Churchyard Gallery
Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1728-1944
Marriages 1728-1992
Burials 1728-1905
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Pewsey Registration District
April 1936 – Present Devizes Registration District
Recommended Reading
Wootton Rivers Parish Church by Audrey Tomlin 1989
This is a 30 page booklet giving a brief history and guide to St. Andrew’s church building, the de Rivere family and other interesting articles..
Available from the Church.
Buildings and Land
Fatal Fire 1868 Savernake Cottage Hospital 1869 Owners of Land 1873 Land Agreement between Phelps & Parsons 1877 Savernake Estate Sold 1929
Land Surveys
Crime and Legal Matters
Arson
Crime Reports
Theft
| Charge of Stealing Ducks 1859 | Theft from Shop 1868 | Bakers Charged with Selling Underweight Bread 1869 | Baker’s Roundsman Robbed & Assaulted 1935-1936 |
| Charge of Theft from Cars 1939 |
Directories
Kellys 1867 Swindon & District 1928
Education
This section is awaiting information to be compiled
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
This section is awaiting information to be compiled
Miscellaneous Documents
This section is awaiting information to be compiled
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
This chapel is now a private residence.
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agricultural
Pig Keeper’s Club Meeting 1941
Women’s Groups
Deaths
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Elections, Polls, and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832
MP Nominations
Funeral Notices
General Items
Inquests
Thomas Banning 1844 John Lee 1888 Hannah Pyke 1848
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Pewsey Union Supplies Tender Notice 1846
Probate
Will of Thomas Somerset Proved 1844
