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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Berwick St. James – Dinton – Fisherton Delamere – Maddington – Steeple Langford – Teffont Magna
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
In the valley of that name (Wylye) has a church (St. Mary), mostly perpendicular, restored in 1844. There is a fine east window, consisting of a triplet of lancets, ornamented with dog-tooth and having good corbels. The tower arch is decorated , but the tower is perpendicular. It contains a bell, inscribed ‘1587. Give thanks to God’, while another, presumably older, has a cross with ‘Ave Maria’. The very fine Jacobean pulpit with tester, formerly in the old church at Wilton, was presented to Wylye by Lord Herbert, when he built the new church there. The reading-desk and altar-table are also Jacobean. Over the south porch is an old carving of the Crucifixion. The pre-Reformation chalice preserved among the church plate must not be overlooked. it is hall-marked 1525 and corresponds closely with examples at Highworth and at Trinity College, Oxford. (The Little Guide 1949, Methuen)
St. Mary’s Gallery St. Mary’s Churchyard Gallery
Church Census
Wyly Protestation Return 1641-1642
Church Interior
Memorial Window to John Waters 1904
Church Management
Suspension of Benefice 2018
Church News
Church Supported Charities
Salisbury Infirmary Diocese of Salisbury Parish Donations 1858
Churchyard
Monuments
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1581-1874
Marriages 1581-2002
Burials 1581-1894
Parish Registers in Wilts 1888
Parish History
Parish News 1750-1799 Coronation Celebrations 1838 Statue in River Wylye
Civil Registrations
1837 – April 1936 Wilton Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Property for Sale 1815 Thomas Clarke’s Property Auction 1825 Great Flood 1841 Inclosure Awards abstract 1861
Landowners
Land Surveys
Public Houses
The Bell Inn, off the A303/A36
Built in the 14th century and much modernised retaining as many original features as possible. In the late 1950’s early 1960’s the inn was scheduled to be preserved as an ancient building. The inn adjoins the 12th century church. The bar is decorated with old horse-bells and furnishings; the first church bell was cast in the courtyard. This was a stop for the London-Exeter coach, the journey taking 19 hours in 1820. A coach overturned while fording the stream nearby, and the postillion lost his life in a gallant attempt to save the passengers. The figure in the mill stream marks the spot; the old water mill is still working.
Bell Inn Friendly Society Anniversary Dinner 1898
Railway
Railway Branch Line to Open 1856
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Crime Reports
Swing Riots
Rioters
Theft
Directories
Post Office 1855 Kellys 1867 Kellys 1903 Kellys 1915
Education
New School Room 1837 National School Annual Treat 1868
Emigration and Migration
Strays Index Emigration Home Contact Requested 1800 – Present
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Game Licences 1834 Sheep Dipping by Joseph Robinson 1846 Sale of Hereford Oxen 1848 Aspects of the Life of the Wiltshire Agricultural Labourer c1850
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.
John Collier 1723 Samuel Rolf 1753 Thomas Street 1719
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
Communications
British Postal Services Appointments 1737-1969
Community Services
Police
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society
General Meeting 1846 Annual Meeting 1848
Bankruptcy
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Election and Polls
Poll Book 1705 Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-Present
General Notices
Great Wishford Parish Council Meeting 1895
Inquest Reports
Inquest Reports 1800-1849 Inquest Reports 1850-1899 Ambrose Moody 1900 Albert Sparey & Elizabeth Yeates 1888
Parish Notables
Robert Fleming Gourlay, 1778-1863, Pamphleteer and Poor Law Reform Campaigner
Robert Gourlay Letter to the Newspaper 1814
Sport
Cricket
Match v Knoyle 1861 Match v Wishford July 1894
Shooting
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Commissioners Reports
Charity Commissioner Enquiries 1904 Charity Commissioner Enquiries 1904 (Parish Specific)
Guardians
Wilton Union Guardians Appointed 1835 Guardians Dinner & Election of Guardians 1870
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem
Edmund Ludlow 1625 William, Earl of Pembroke 1630
Parishioners Wills
John Perrior Proved 1791 Richard Locke Proved 1792 John Potticary Proved 1806 William Mead Proved 1829 Henry Mead Proved 1836
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Autumn Manoeuvres 1872 Charge of Purchasing Military Issue Clothing 1914-1918 Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
WWII
Deptford
Employment and Business
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.
