The Consultant is Cathy Day
The OPC Role may be shared
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Mere – Stourton
Websites of Interest
Cathy Days Genealogical Pages – Centred around Mere in Wiltshire
Hugo Fox – Zeals Parish Council
St. Martins Church – News and Events
The Parish Church of St. Martin
St. Martin’s Church was consecrated on 14th October 1846. The parish room was constructed in 2005.
St. Martin’s Gallery St. Martin’s Interior Gallery St. Martin’s Churchyard Gallery
Church Building
Reredos Gift of Miss Chafyn-Grove 1872
Incumbents
Ordination of Deacons & Priests 1876
Miscellaneous
Parish Register Transcripts
This section is awaiting information to be compiled
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
Baptisms 1846-1997
Marriages 1848-1998
Burials 1847-1998
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – January 1978 Mere Registration District
January 1978 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Bonham Garden of Remembrance
Surviving memorial stones have been transcribed and can be viewed on the Dorset OPC Project Site
Public Houses
Bell & Crown/Hare & Hounds, New Road
The pub was the former village stores known as London House. In his will of 1725 Thomas Easin left his wife the inn, then known as the Hare & Hounds which changed it name sometime around 1817. In 1851 William John Hargill was Innkeeper and Brewer. The pub was sold to the Lamb Brewery of Frome in 1919.
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Situations Vacant
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Independent Chapel
Primitive Methodists
Life and Ministry of Charles Portnell 1839-1904 Census 1851
People and Parish Notables
Bankruptcy
Census Returns Transcripts
c1650 1841 1851 1861 1891 1901
Please note that the 1650 census is probably a list of the heads of households only
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll Book 1705 Poll Book 1818 MP Nominations 2015
Family Notices
General People Items
Inquests
Inquest Reports 1800-1899 Frederick Charlton 1846 John Howell 1847
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Probate
Estate Notices
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Miltary Gallery
War Memorials and Books of Remembrance
War Memorial St. Martin Church Roll of Honour Dioceses of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
WWI
Casualties
Casualty Biographies of WWI James Frank Gray 1915 Harold Christopher Read 1915
