Information, illustrations and images – including gleanings, parish records, and references to people – for some of the villages and town and places, particularly in the rural areas around Warminster, Wiltshire.
Burials at Chicklade, 1810-1812,
arranged alphabetically by surname:
ELIZABETH BISHOP, wife of
Philip Bishop, 7 February 1811.
MARTIN FLEMING, aged 80 years,
of Stockton, 11 February 1810.
ROBERT GRACE, base born son
of Mary Grace, 26 January 1812.
CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS, aged 63 years,
30 December 1812.
ELIZABETH PERROTT, aged 79 years,
widow, 28 December 1811.
RICHARD RANDALL, aged 73 years,
gentleman, 25 October 1810.
WILTSHIRE
Corsley
22 October 1812
Lease.
Cottage with garden near Forge Lane and formerly in the occupation of James SINGER.
2nd Marquess to Levi TREASURE, yeoman.
Marriages at Sherrington 1705 – 1835
(Church of Saint Cosmos and Saint Damien).
The marriage registers for Sherrington consist of four volumes prior to 1st July 1837.
Volume One is of parchment, 12 and a half inches by 8 and a half inches, bound in vellum boards, and contains the entries of baptism, marriage and burial from 1677 to 1744; but there are no marriages recorded before 18th December 1705.
Volume Two, also of parchment, 12 and a half inches by 8 inches, has the entries of baptism and burial from 1745 until 1812; but the entries of marriages cease in 1752.
Volume Three has marriages only from 1754 to 1812.
Volume Four, runs from 1813 to 30th June 1837.
Volumes Three and Four are made up of the usual printed forms.
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Volume Three 1755-1811
(in this volume, where no parish is mentioned, the parties are “of this parish” – Sherrington)
10th August 1755
William Patient & Elizabeth Trowbridge.
20th November 1756
Robert Polton & Sarah Beer. License.
12th June 1757
James Lacock of Corton (parish Boyton) & Mary Bale.
10th April 1758
Thomas Castleman of Upton Lovell & Esther Swift.
14th November 1758
Thomas White & Mary Snow.
5th June 1759
Abraham Alford & Elizabeth Moore of Fonthill Gifford.
12th October 1760
Thomas Swift & Julian House.
8th November 1761
William Imber & Betty Barnes. License.
28th January 1763
George Badder of Codford St. Peter & Susanna Taylor.
10th July 1763
William Imber & Martha White.
21st May 1764
Thomas Alford & Praxel Mussell. License.
9th September 1764
James Carter & Mary Fleming.
5th May 1768
John Wheeler of Codford St. Peter & Hannah Alford. License.
10th October 1768
William Trowbridge & Mary Humphries.
12th October 1768
Isaac Yates & Rebecca House.
4th December 1768
William Edwards of Wily [Wylye] & Betty Feltham.
16th October 1769
John Gulliver & Rebecca Shergold.
19th November 1770
William Badder of Codford St. Peter & Elizabeth Swift.
30th July 1771
Thomas Snow & Mary Edwards.
31st October 1773
James Purches & Anne Swift.
9th June 1775
James Gray & Betty Imber.
3rd July 1775
John Axford & Jane Varden.
14th October 1776
James Trowbridge & Dennis White.
2nd January 1777
Thomas Edwards & Elizabeth Neal.
30th October 1777
Philip Clift & Susannah Carter.
24th October 1778
John Trowbridge & Sarah Foyle. License.
21st January 1780
William Everley & Sarah Wickham.
26th October 1780
William Dyer & Margaret Dredge.
11th October 1781
William Oldden of Boyton & Ann Hoskins
[entry out of order].
19th July 1781
William Rowden of Steeple Langford & Mary Imber. License.
18th December 1781
William White of Sutton Veny & Eleanor Imber. License.
24th January 1782
William Hinwood of Stockton & Mary Patient.
31st July 1787
John Imber & Mary White.
20th October 1789
James Imber & Foebe Allford.
5th January 1790
William Emm of Upton Lovell & Sarah White.
20th February 1792
James House of Codford St. Mary & Mary Strong.
18th November 1793
George Neall & Ann Carter.
24th December 1793
Thomas Paddock & Martha Imber.
26th December 1793
John Axford & Sarah Imber.
12th June 1794
William Potticary of Boyton & Martha Alford. License.
9th June 1796
James Imber & Anne White.
19th November 1797
James Whale of Codford St. Mary & Jane White.
21st January 1798
Robert Vallace of Boyton, widower, & Elizabeth Trowbridge.
15th March 1799
John Rogers of Stockton & Alice Swift.
24th June 1799
George Bevin of Fisherton Delamere & Sarah Yeats.
7th January 1800
John Neall & Millier Snow.
9th June 1800
William Oak of Boyton & Ann Trowbridge.
11 April 1801
John Morgan of Codford St. Peter, widower, & Praxall Alford. License.
10th October 1801
Thomas Fidler & Elizabeth White.
13th February 1802
John Axford & Elizabeth White.
22nd June 1802
Joseph Badder of Codford St, Mary & Ann Edwards.
22nd June 1802
William White & Anne Snow.
11th June 1804
James Trowbridge of Codford St. Peter & Mary Imber.
8th October 1804
William Patient & Mary Alford.
8th December 1804
Edmund Imber & Joan White.
5th November 1805
Phillip Morgan of Codford St. Peter & Mary Mussell. License.
21st January 1807
Thomas White & Mary Edwards.
10th May 1807
William Weeks of Corsley & Elizabeth Gauntlett. License.
22nd January 1808
William Imber & Betty Patrick.
13th December 1808
Joseph White & Hester White.
20th December 1808
George Edwards of Upton Lovell & Anne Purchas.
13th November 1809
James Farley & Jane Trowbridge.
10th June 1810
Solomon White & Mary Ann Vine.
11th October 1810
James Edwards & Ann Imber.
14th October 1811
William Sweet & Martha Edwards.
1811
Samuel Barrett, son of Thomas Barrett, of Redenham, near Andover, Hampshire. was apprenticed to Mary Cunnington, linen draper and grocer, of Heytesbury (in the trade of draper and grocer) during 1811.
Bishopstrow Inclosure Award [1,045 a.] (with parts of Warminster, Sutton Veny, and Norton Bavant dealt with in Pitmead).
Act 48 G.III c.44 (not printed), Award 26 January 1811 (enrolled 17 September 1821), W.R.O. 115.
Commissioner: John Gale of Stert.
Lord of Manor: Sarah Temple.
Rector: William Williams.
Area [877 a.]
Cow Down,
Farm Down,
Bishopstrow Field,
Priors Pill,
Tun Mead,
Ray Mead,
Pitmead.
Allotments 13.
William Temple 657 a. (including William Hinton);
James Bayly 90 a.;
William Munday 42 a.;
Francis Dugdale Astley 17 a. (including William Turner, Jeremiah Morgan);
Thomas Thynne, marquess of Bath 30 a.;
Eton College;
rector of Bishopstrow;
prebendary of Warminster;
William Hinton;
Samuel Long;
Rev. William Slade;
dean and chapter of Salisbury (Warminster parsonage);
John Benett.
Fencing on map and general.
Roads: 2 public roads, 1 public footpath, 3 private roads.
Maps: John Hayward of Devizes.
(1) Parish with allottees and acreages and five detached pieces. A fine map with hachured hills. Schedule with allottees and exchanges.
(2) Pitmead with schedule of allotments under three parishes, Bishopstrow, Warminster, Norton Bavant.
Schedules:
(1) For repairing Bishopstrow Drove.
(2) For repairing Pimead Drove and watercourse.
See also: Norton Bavant Inclosure Award, Sutton Ven Inclosure Award, Warminster And Corsley Inclosure Award.
Notes: Old inclosures including Farm Down allotted. Payment by James Bayly of a sack of wheat at Christmas for the watering of Prior’s Pill and Broadmead not allowed for in the award and is to continue together with the customary watering. Rights of turbary and fishing reserved to lady of Bishopstrow manor and lord of Norton Bavant manor.
The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):
Map of the manor of Chilhampton. Early 19th century. Reference 2057/P1/12H.
Baptisms at Wylye, 1805 – 1809
Arranged alphabetically by surname:
Robert Bacon.
Son of William Bacon and Susannah Bacon.
Baptised 8 September 1805.
Susannah Bacon.
Daughter of William Bacon and Susannah Bacon.
Baptised 29 November 1807.
Alexander Bennet.
Son of James Bennet and Sarah Bennet.
Baptised 14 December 1806.
Ambrose Bennet.
Son of James Bennet and Hester Bennet.
Baptised 25 December 1805.
Jane Bennet.
Daughter of Philip Bennet and Betty Bennet.
Baptised 26 October 1806.
Joseph Bennet.
Son of James Bennet and Hester Bennet.
Baptised 27 March 1808.
Philip Bennet.
Son of Philip Bennet and Betty Bennet.
Baptised 6 August 1809.
Robert Bennet.
Base-born son of Sarah Bennet.
Baptised 16 March 1806.
Charlotte Blake.
Daughter of Peter Blake and Martha Blake.
Baptised 5 October 1806.
William Blake.
Son of Peter Blake and Martha Blake.
Baptised 24 July 1808.
George Brandis.
Son of Christopher Brandis and Jane Brandis.
Baptised 17 June 1807.
Ann Brandiss.
Daughter of Christopher Brandiss and Jane Brandiss.
Baptised 4 June 1809.
William Brandiss.
Son of Christopher Brandiss and Jane Brandiss.
Baptised 21 April 1805.
Ann Clilford.
Daughter of James Clilford and Lydia Clilford.
Baptised 19 May 1805.
James Clilford.
Son of James Clilford and Lydia Clilford.
Baptised 12 April 1807.
Susanna Clilford.
Daughter of James Clilford and Lydia Clilford.
Baptised 30 July 1809.
Mary Davis.
Daughter of James Davis and Mary Davis.
Baptised 25 December 1807.
Charles Doughty.
Son of Ambrose Doughty and Elizabeth Doughty.
Baptised 20 September 1807.
Martha Doughty.
Daughter of John Doughty and Mary Doughty.
Baptised 1 September 1805.
Rebeckah Doughty.
Daughter of Thomas Doughty and Elizabeth Doughty.
Baptised 17 February 1805.
Sarah Doughty.
Daughter of Thomas Doughty and Betty Doughty.
Baptised 19 April 1807.
Harriet Ford.
Daughter of John Ford and Jane Ford.
Baptised 28 February 1807.
James Ford.
Son of John Ford and Jane Ford.
Baptised 7 May 1809.
Elizabeth Fuller.
Daughter of John Fuller and Hannah Fuller.
Baptised 2 June 1805.
Sophia Fuller.
Daughter of John Fuller and Hannah Fuller.
Baptised 14 December 1806.
Thomas Fuller.
Son of John Fuller and Hannah Fuller.
Baptised 1 May 1808.
Elizabeth Head.
Daughter of John Head and Sarah Head.
Baptised 28 April 1805.
Jane Hibberd.
Daughter of John Hibberd and Jane Hibberd.
Baptised 25 December 1806.
John Hibberd.
Son of John Hibberd and Jane Hibberd.
Baptised 15 October 1809.
Elizabeth Horsehil.
Daughter of William Horsehil and Tabitha Horsehil.
Baptised 14 June 1807.
James House.
Son of Jarvis House and Ann House.
Baptised 25 December 1808.
William Hunt.
Son of Edward Hunt and Dinah Hunt.
Baptised 17 May 1807.
Henry King.
Son of James King and Mary King.
Baptised 4 October 1807.
Lucy King.
Daughter of James King and Mary King.
Baptised 14 April 1805.
Mary Langley.
Daughter of William Langley and Elizabeth Langley.
Baptised 12 March 1809.
William Barnet Langley.
Son of William Langley and Elizabeth Langley.
Baptised 12 March 1809.
Martha Mead.
Daughter of John Mead and Jane Mead.
Baptised 14 September 1806.
Mary Mead.
Daughter of John Mead and Jane Mead.
Baptised 23 September 1809.
Nicholas Nash.
Son of John Nash and Elizabeth Nash.
Baptised 16 October 1808.
Ann Netton.
Base-born child of Mary Netton.
Baptised 15 April 1808.
Elizabeth Newman.
Daughter of John Newman and Sarah Newman.
Baptised 7 August 1808.
John Perrior.
Son of John Perrior and Rebecca Perrior.
Baptised 25 December 1805.
Eliza Read.
Daughter of James Read and Ann Read.
Baptised 11 June 1809.
Charlotte Savel.
Daughter of William Savel and Maria Savel.
Baptised 12 May 1805.
Ann Scammel.
Daughter of John Scammel and Mary Scammel.
Baptised 3 April 1808.
John Scammel.
Son of John Scammel and Mary Scammel.
Baptised 7 September 1806.
Edgar Seagram.
Son of John Seagram and Felicia Seagram.
Baptised 19 August 1807.
Emily Seagram.
Daughter of John Seagram and Felicia Seagram.
18 January 1806.
John Sinnock.
Son of William Sinnock and Hannah Sinnock.
Baptised 16 October 1808.
Edward Small.
Son of Edward Small and Jane Small.
Baptised 10 February 1808.
Elizabeth Small.
Daughter of Edward Small and Jane Small.
Baptised 6 April 1806.
Ann Smith.
Daughter of Matthew Smith and Henrietta Smith.
Baptised 9 March 1806.
William Smith.
Son of Mathew Smith and Henrietta Smith.
Baptised 23 October 1808.
Carlatta Spirraway.
Daughter of Robert Spirraway and Mary Spirraway.
Baptised 6 August 1809.
Robert Spirrawey.
Son of Robert Spirrawey and Mary Spirrawey.
Baptised 22 December 1805.
Harriet Titford.
Daughter of James Titford and Mary Titford.
Baptised 30 November 1806.
John Warren.
Son of James Warren and Sarah Warren.
Baptised 8 December 1805.
Sarah Warren.
Daughter of James Warren and Sarah Warren.
Baptised 27 August 1809.
Susannah Warren.
Daughter of James Warren and Sarah Warren.
Baptised 20 September 1807.
Martha White and Mary White.
Twin children of Stephen White and Mary White.
Baptised 3 January 1808.
Burials at Chicklade, 1805-1809
arranged alphabetically by suname:
REBECCA BEALE, base born daughter
of Mary Beale, 1 February 1807.
MARY CHEVERELL, aged 84 years,
31 December 1809.
SARAH EDMONDS, aged 60 years,
wife of Charles Edmonds, 12 January 1806.
DAVID FORD, aged 28 years,
5 August 1806. [See note below].
ELIZABETH KING, aged 30 years,
wife of Moses King, 19 February 1806.
ELIZABETH KING, infant daughter of Moses King
and Elizabeth King, 19 February 1806.
CHARLES LIPSCOMBE, aged 21 years,
son of the Reverend William Lipscombe,
Rector of Welbury, York, 6 September 1809.
ALICE LUCAS, alias BRIGHT,
aged 80 years, wife of Edward, 11 May 1807.
MARY LUCAS, alias BRIGHT, aged 66 years,
widow of Matthew, 10 February 1807.
JOHN MAIDMENT, son of Joshua Maidment
and Jane Maidment, 23 April 1805.
JOHN PORTNALL, aged 38 years,
5 August 1806. [See note below].
ANNE RANDALL, aged 72 years, wife of Richard Randall,
gentleman, 8 December 1809.
Note regard JOHN PORTNALL and DAVID FORD.
The former left a pregnant widow and six small children, and the latter left a widow and two children. Portnall and Ford were privately interred by their friends at about 11 o’clock in the evening, having that day been executed on the Drop erected in the Court of the County Gaol in Fisherton Anger (Salisbury), for stealing seven sheep and seven lambs, the property of Mr John Giles of Stockton and Mr Henry Phillips senior of Boyton.
Burials at Bishopstrow 1805 ~ 1809
Arranged alphabetically by surname:
Anne Bishop, aged 37, 24 January 1808.
Priscilla Bishop, aged 70, 18 October 1805.
Alice Blake, aged 85, 6 December 1809.
John Butler, from London, aged 46, 26 March 1806.
John Compton, aged 38, 18 December 1808.
Samuel Dix, an infant, 13 October 1805.
William Everett, of Warminster, aged 62, 12 April 1807.
Betty Exton, aged 50, 10 June 1806.
Margaret Exton, aged 22, 22 December 1805.
Robert Exton, aged 57, 28 June 1807.
Elizabeth King, aged 64, 27 March 1807.
Mary King, wife of Benjamin King, aged 68, 30 October 1805.
Mary King, wife of John King, aged 28, 2 June 1806.
William Light, an infant, 23 February 1806.
Peter Munday, aged 65, 8 April 1806.
Mary Oxford, aged 6, 18 June 1808.
Richard Player, aged 39, 22 October 1809.
James Skane, aged 75, 3 March 1806.
Benjamin Stevens, aged 73, 22 October 1805.
Hannah Stone, an infant, 9 May 1809.
James Wallis, aged 20, 23 December 1805.
Jane West, aged 77, 7 September 1807.
Robert Witchell, an infant, 30 March 1806.
Susannah Witchell, aged 16, 17 July 1806.
Burials at Upton Scudamore, 1805 – 1809
Arranged alphabetically by surname:
JOSEPH ALFORD, aged 60 years 22 February 1807.
ANN AXFORD, aged 66 years, 7 November 1805.
ELIZABETH BARNES, 7 January 1806.
JEREMIAH BARNES, aged 81 years, of Westbury, 7 July 1806.
ANN CARR, aged 8 years, 23 April 1805.
JAMES CARR, aged 15 years, 16 May 1805.
JOHN CHANCE alias JOHN FORD, 14 April 1807.
HARRIET CRAP or HARRIET WEBB, daughter of Thomas Crap and Grace Webb, 17 November 1805.
ELIZA DANIEL, an infant, 28 July 1805.
MARY DANIEL, aged 23 years, 21 May 1807
GEORGE FERRIS, aged 9 years, brought from Warminster, 6 July 1808.
JOHN FORD alias JOHN CHANCE, 14 April 1807.
RICHARD JOYCE, aged 60 years, from Warminster, 29 November 1809.
MARY KEYFORD, aged 79 years, 2 October 1808.
EDMUND MILLER, aged 13 years, killed by the kick of a horse, 1 September 1808.
ELIZABETH PEARCE, aged 58 years, 19 February 1807.
MARY PEARCE, widow of John Pearce, aged 65 years, from Warminster, 31 July 1809.
WILLIAM PEARCE, aged 70 years, 26 February 1809.
SARAH PLAYER, aged 56 years, 20 December 1807.
MARY SNELGROVE, aged 20 years, 14 February 1806.
MARY STACY, 29 December 1805.
WILLIAM STACY, aged 32 years, killed by a fall from a tree, 9 June 1806.
EDWARD TOWNSEND, aged 62 years, 18 September 1808.
MAY TOWNSEND, aged 50 years, 16 September 1808.
ELIZABETH TURVILLE, an infant, 2 November 1806.
ELIZABETH WEBB, widow of Benjamin Webb, 3 February 1808.
HARRIET WEBB or HARRIET CRAP, daughter of Thomas Crap and Grace Webb, 17 November 1805.
