Category: Villages, Towns and Places

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.

Wylye Burials 1775 – 1779

Wylye Burials, 1775 – 1779, arranged alphabetically by surname:

Henry Barnett. Buried 21 June 1777.

Stephen Barnett. Buried 21 February 1775.

Christian Barns. Buried 26 February 1776.

Rebecca Beckett. I july 1778.

Thomas Bennett. Buried 29 December 1777.

Philip Bowes. Buried 27 March 1778.

Thomas Bradshaw (Thomas Bracher). Buried 24 April 1779.

Ann Briant. Buried 3 July 1779.

Robert Briant. Buried 3 June 1776.

John Brown. Buried 20 September 1777.

Susanna Burt. Buried 13 January 1779.

Elizabeth Cool. Buried 10 December 1777.

Mary Crouch. Buried 1 June 1776.

John Doughty. Buried 4 December 1779.

John Fricker. Buried 9 November 1778.

Mary Fricker, aged 91. Buried 2 January 1777.

Edith Hinwood. Buried 17 December 1777.

Joan Kerley. Buried 22 February 1777.

Tabitha Kite. Buried 22 September 1778.

Deborah Lane. Buried 1 April 1775.

John Long. Buried 14 November 1775.

Margaret Millar (infant child of a traveller). Buried 11 February 1777.

Hannah Neal. Buried 20 October 1777.

Mary Neal. Buried 26 May 1778.

Jane Neale. Buried 25 April 1775.

Elizabeth Patient. Buried 12 June 1775.

Ann Perry. Buried 24 July 1776.

Bridget Rogers. Buried 5 January 1779.

Mary Rumsey. Buried 15 April 1776.

John Seawell. Buried 17 May 1777.

John Seawell. Buried 11 May 1779.

Ambrose Snelgrove. Buried 16 March 1776.

John Wilkins. Buried 5 July 1775.

Upton Scudamore Burials, 1775-1779

Burials at Upton Scudamore, 1775 – 1779

Arranged alphabetically by surname:

MARTHA ALFORD, wife of William Alford, 10 April 1778.

WILLIAM ALFORD, 31 October 1779.

REVEREND RICHARD BARRY the third, 29 September 1779.

CATHARINE BEAUCHAMP, widow, 1 May 1776.

MARTHA BELL, widow, 29 March 1778.

HANNAH CARPENTER, daughter of William and Hester, 9 August 1778.

JOAN CAYFORD, wife of Richard Cayford, 10 October 1778.

MARY COOPER, 28 November 1779.

RICHARD HILL, 6 December 1778.

ANNE KINGTON, wife of Anthony Kington of Widcombe, Bath, 18 November 1776.

HANNAH MILLARD, widow, 29 October 1779.

ANDREW PEARCE, 8 January 1778.

CHRISTOPHER PEARCE, son of Mary Pearce, widow, of Westbury, 8 November 1775.

ELIZABETH PEARCE, widow, 5 February 1778.

MARGARET RAYNER, widow, 6 October 1778.

ELIZABETH SINGLE, daughter of Edward and Sarah, 25 April 1775.

JOYCE SINGLE, daughter of Edward and Sarah, 8 April 1775.

JOHN SMITH, son of John Smith and Mary Smith, 29 March 1778.

GEORGE STACEY, son of George Stacey and Mary Stacey, 15 January 1777.

SARAH STACEY, daughter of George and Mary, 15 September 1778.

RUTH STANSHALL, wife of William Stanshall, 8 December 1776.

ELIZABETH TOWNSEND, daughter of Dyer and Elizabeth, 14 March 1779.

BENJAMIN WEBB, son of Benjamin Webb and Betty Webb, 11 April 1776.

Kilmington Burials 1760-1779

Burials at Kilmington 1760 – 1779.
Arranged alphabetically by surname.

ELIZABETH ANDREWS, 26 December 1768.
WILLIAM ARNOLD, aged 57 years, 20 May 1774.

LETTITIA BIRD, 3 May 1771.
MARY BIRD, wife of Robert, aged 44 years, 28 June 1779.
WILLIAM BIRD, 16 January 1760.
ISAAC BISHOP, infant, 7 April 1772.
JAMES BISHOP, 12 June 1770.
SABARA BISHOP, infant daughter of Hannah, 6 February 1779.
JANE BLAYMIRE, 11 October 1772.
AMY BRIMSON, 11 August 1768.
ANN BRIMSON, 17 January 1767.
MARY BRIMSON, daughter of William, 29 March 1766.
THOMAS BRIMSON, infant, 6 September 1761.

JANE CASE, 7 May 1772.
MARY CASE, daughter of James and Mary, aged 15 years, 1 August 1777.
JAMES CLEEVES, 14 June 1761.
MARY CLEEVES, 3 November 1768.
SUSANNA CLEEVES, 14 April 1771.
WILLIAM CLEEVES, clerk of this parish 62 years, 26 July 1767.
ELIZABETH CLEMENT, aged 83 years, 1 October 1773.
QUIRINE CLEMENT, spinster, aged 68 years, 3 July 1774.
SUSANNA COWARD, wife of Barnard, aged 59 years, 28 June 1774.
SUSANNA COWARD, infant, 18 September 1775.
MARY CROMBE, 22 May 1771.
ANSTY CURTAS, 24 June 1760.

RICHARD DOLE, infant son of James of Yarnfield, 29 November 1778.

ALETHIA EDWARDS, wife of Joseph, shoemaker, aged 48 years, 29 November 1776.
ANN EDWARDS, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth, aged 16 years, 23 June 1776.
CHARITY EDWARDS, 28 February 1769.
JANE EDWARDS, wife of John from Yarnfield, aged 63 years, 6 February 1779.
JOHN EDWARDS, 8 June 1761.
NICHOLAS EDWARDS, 19 March 1767.
ROBERT EDWARDS, 7 May 1772.
SARAH EDWARDS, 9 July 1766.

JANE FOOKES, wife of Thomas from Yarnfield, smallpox, 29 May 1778.
JOHN FOWLER, 13 November 1771.

MRS. CATHERINE GREEN, 13 March 1765.
JOHN GREGORY, 2 April 1767.

ATHENE HARTGILL, daughter of the late John Hartgill Esquire, aged 46 years, 10 February 1779.
JANE HARTGILL, widow of John Hartgill Esquire, aged 74 years, 13 July 1778.
ELIZABETH HAYWARD, 11 December 1761.
ROBERT HILL, 31 August 1772.
MARY HINTON, infant, 1 May 1762.
JOHN HOLE, son of William, 25 September 1766.
ELIZABETH HOOPER, infant, 25 February 1779.
MARY HOWEL, 26 June 1760.
ANNA HOWELL, infant, 4 April 1762.
GEORGE HOWELL, 18 August 1772.
MARY HOWELL, wife of Joseph, aged 39 years, 23 March 1777.
ANN HUTCHINS, 4 July 1760.
JANE HUTCHINS, daughter of George, aged 15 years, 12 September 1779.
JOHN HUTCHINS, aged 97 years, 22 March 1778.
TABITHA HUTCHINS widow of John, aged 87 years, 12 December 1779.

GEORGE INGS, 16 October 1768.
EDITH IVY, 17 October 1761.

BETTY LAPHAM, infant, 26 February 1768.
CHARLOTTE LAPHAM, infant, 28 February 1768.
ELIZABETH LAPHAM, infant, 20 September 1772.
ELIZABETH LAPHAM, widow of Thomas junior, aged 30 years, 14 January 1777.
HANNAH LAPHAM, daughter of Giles, aged 31 years, 2 February 1775.
HENRY LAPHAM, 12 March 1766.
MICHAEL LAPHAM, 11 January 1764.
SARAH LAPHAM, aged 61 years, 3 April 1774.
MR. THOMAS LAPHAM, 9 February 1772.
WILLIAM LAPHAM, 18 October 1767.
ANN LAPPAM, infant, 25 January 1761.
HENRY LAPPAM, 2 March 1763.
HENRY LAPPAM, infant, 17 July 1763.
WILLIAM LARKHAM, aged 30 years, 18 September 1775.
BETTY LOVE, daughter of George, aged 25 years, 26 February 1775.
GEORGE LOVE, aged 76 years, 5 May 1776.
HANNAH LOVE, daughter of George, aged 34 years, 5 March 1775.

CECILIA MADOX, daughter of John Madox Esquire, 2 April 1764.
JANE MADOX, wife of John Madox Esquire, 1 Septembe 1764.
JOHN MADOX Esquire, aged 74 years, 3 October 1772.
MRS. MARY MADOX, 14 September 1762.
MARY MADOX, wife of Mr. Charles Madox of Bourton, aged 61 years, 23 September 1776.
MRS. QUERINA MADOX, spinster, aged 81 years, 4 November 1774.
RICHARD MADOX, son of the late John Madox Esquire of Butleigh, aged 51 years, 15 January 1777.
BENJAMIN MARKEY, 31 July 1761.
JOSEPH MARKEY, infant, 16 November 1760.
THOMAS MATTHEWS, infant, 26 August 1760.
ANN MAXFIELD, widow, aged 71 years, 28 November 1775.
MILITEY MEADEN, 25 May 1761.
ESTHER MOORS, infant, 30 August 1769.
MRS. DINAH MOULTON, 26 December 1765.

CELIA NOAK, daughter of William and Amy, aged 28 years, 13 January 1777.
CHARLOTTE NOAK, infant daughter of William and Mary, 28 May 1779.
FLOWER NORRIS, wife of William, aged 40 years, 25 January 1776.
ELIZABETH NUTON, infant, 6 December 1772.
JAMES NUTON, aged 76 years, 20 July 1777.
JANE NUTON, infant daughter of William, 9 November 1775.
MARY NUTON, wife of James, aged 66 years, 19 January 1776.
THOMAS NUTON, infant son of William, 9 November 1775.

CHRISTOPHER PARSONS, 27 November 1764.
ELIZABETH PARSONS, 5 April 1768.
JOHN PARSONS, 9 August 1763.
WILLIAM PARSONS, 1 March 1768.
CATHARINE PICKFORD, spinster, aged 84 years, 14 January 1776.
ELEANOR PICKFORD, widow of John, aged 66 years, 9 April 1775.
JOHN PICKFORD, 27 December 1764.
NICHOLAS PICKFORD, 2 March 1772.
THOMAS PICKFORD, son of the late John Pickford, consumption, aged 28 years, 24 May 1779.
JOHN PRICE, 1765.

FRANCIS REYNOLDS, 27 April 1768.
DOROTHY ROLES, wife of John, aged 80 years, 21 October 1774.
JANE ROLES, infant, 7 August 1775.
JANE ROLES, spinster, aged 72 years, 1 March 1778.
LUCY ROLES, aged 45 years, 31 March 1774.
ROSE ROLES, aged 66 years 16 September 1773.
SAMUEL ROLES, son of William, aged 27 years, 26 August 1779.
WILLIAM ROLES, aged 82 years, 4 March 1779.
ANN RUTLEY, wife of Gasper, aged 67 years, 26 April 1776.
EDWARD RUTLEY, aged 75 years, 5 May 1773.
GASPER RUTLEY, labourer, aged 67 years, 16 January 1778.
SARAH RUTLEY, infant, 13 April 1767.
BENJAMIN RYALL, 4 September 1770.
JOHN RYALL, 1 September 1762.
JOSEPH RYALL, son of Robert, 17 August 1769.
MARTHA RYALL, 10 May 1761.
THOMAS RYALL, of Homstalls, aged 83 years, 28 November 1778.

DIANA SMART, infant, 20 May 1774.
HANNAH SMART, wife of Thomas, childbirth, aged 37 years, 16 May 1779.
JAMES SMART, 15 February 1767.
LAURENCE SMART, 21 February 1766.
MARGARET SMART, wife of Samuel, aged 65 years, 16 October 1778.
MARY SMART, 28 July 1767.
MARY SMART, infant daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth, 5 October 1777.
RICHARD SMART, 26 June 1766.
SARAH SMART, infant, 24 September 1769.
WILLIAM SMART, leather cutter, aged 80 years, 30 October 1776.
BETTY SMITH, daughter of the late John Smith, aged 22 years, 13 November 1776.
JAMES SMITH, infant, 22 June 1768.
JOHN SMITH, aged 64 years, 14 April 1773.
SUSANNA SMITH, infant, 29 July 1769.
MARTHA SNOOK, 5 May 1763.
SARAH SPARROW, 20 February 1774.
DAVID STONE, 8 July 1766.
LEITITIA STONE, 5 August 1762.
FELIX SUTTON, 26 March 1769.

MELLIOR TAYLOR, wife of John, 24 January 1773.
SARAH TURK, 11 June 1767.

JAMES VINING, infant, 31 January 1773.

EDWARD WALTER, 20 May 1771.
SARAH WEKS, wife of William, childbirth, aged 45 years, 4 April 1779.
MARY WHITE, widow of Richard, aged 68 years, 10 June 1779.
RICHARD WHITE, 26 January 1762.
FRANCIS WILLIS, 31 December 1771.
JOAN WILLIS, 16 June 1769.

MARY YOUNG, 13 July 1766.
SARAH YOUNG, widow of Edward, aged 74 years, 2 October 1775.

She Lived In A Tree At Bishopstrow

From Warminster And District Archive magazine, No.2, Spring 1989:

She Lived In A Tree At Bishopstrow

An unusual obituary notice with a local connection features in The Annual Register for the year 1777. It reads:

“At Bishopstrow, her native place, near Warminster in Wilts, the celebrated Juliana Papjoy, in the 67th year of her age. In her youth she had been the mistress of the famous Nash of Bath, and after her separation from him, she took to a very uncommon way of life. Her principal residence she took up in a large hollow tree, now standing within a mile of Warminster, on a lock of straw, resolving never more to lie in a bed; and she was as good as her word; for she made that tree her habitation for between thirty and forty years, unless when she made her short peregrinations to Bath, Bristol, and the gentlemen’s houses adjacent; and she then lay in some barn or outhouse.”

An Exact Plan Of Norton Farm, Norton Bavant And Estates Of William Benet And Other Tithable Lands As Well As The Downs And Meads

The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):

An exact plan of Norton farm, Norton Bavant and estates of William Benet and other tithable lands as well as the downs and meads examined before Mr. George Knight, Jeffrey Moody and other ancient men of the parish surveyed by John Overton, William and John Knight assistants. 

Whole parish of Norton Bavant mapped but Middleton, which was tithe free is not surveyed in detail. This map provides a very detailed record of an open field system with tenants and occupiers of lands stated. Field number but no schedule available.

It is undated but notes of lands used as Cow Down in 1770, 1771 and 1773 suggests probable date.

Features delineated include Scratchbury hill (with its ramparts, ditches and entrances), barrows including Pit Mead barrows (two on south side of river Wylye opposite the village), quarries including a gulley cut to ease movement of stones, ‘carriages for water’ representing a water meadow system, wells on the hill, the old ditch making the northern extent of Norton Bavant Cow Down and the new road to the north of it, an obelisk probably a parish boundary marker with Bishopstrow on the site of Tyning Cottage on O.S. 6″.

The border of the map is divided into furlong squares.

Date: probably 1775.

Reference: 3034/1(H)

Bishopstrow Burials 1770 ~ 1774

Burials at Bishopstrow 1770 ~ 1774
Arranged alphabetically by surname:

Judith Adlam (Affidavit Received), 5 October 1774.

Elizabeth Bolter, 24 June 1770.

Margaret Exton, 17 February 1771.

Edith Eyer, 10 January 1771.

James Ford, 25 February 1770.

John Ford, 22 May 1770.

Joseph Ford, 8 April 1770.

Martha Ford, 24 June 1770.

William Ford, 6 September 1772.

James Greenland, 14 January 1772.

Hannah Haines, 25 October 1771.

Ann Marven, 17 December 1770.

Jane Marven, 19 February 1772.

Mary Marven, 20 June 1770.

Sarah Marven, 9 January 1772.

Eleanor Moor (Affidavit Received), 6 March 1774.

Mary Morgan, 1 November 1772.

Dorothy Munday (No Affidavit), 12 December 1773.

Ann Player, 27 October 1772.

Luke Player, 16 September 1772.

Ruth Pool, 7 August 1771.

Susanna Pool, 13 October 1772.

Ann Potecary, 23 March 1771.

Mary Potecary (No Affidavit), 23 March 1773.

Joseph Scane, 8 November 1772.

Thomas Shepherd (Affidavit Received), 8 June 1774.

Richard Skane (Affidavit Received), 25 March 1774.

Elizabeth Skinner (No Affidavit), 27 January 1773.

Henry Skinner, 15 January 1773.

Mary Skinner, 16 December 1770.

Jane Temple (wife of William Temple Esq.)

No Affidavit. 20 November 1772.

Ann Tucker, 12 July 1771.

Elizabeth Tucker (Affidavit Received), 31 May 1774.

Thomas Whately, 12 November 1771.

Ann Yeates, 14 April 1770.

Wylye Burials 1770 – 1774

Wylye Burials, 1770 – 1774, arranged alphabetically by surname:

Ann Barns. Buried 3 October 1774.

John Bounds. Buried 1 March 1773.

Lydia Bowne. Buried 26 August 1771.

Christopher Brandis. Buried 6 August 1774.

Susanna Briant. Buried 28 February 1770.

Jane Burt. Buried 24 April 1774.

Ann Carter. Buried 11 February 1774.

Sarah Carter. Buried 11 August 1770.

Jane Compton (who laid violent hands upon herself and therefore no tolling of the bell nor reading of the burial service at her funeral). Buried 28 July 1773.

Mary Compton. Buried 14 November 1774.

Jane Cool. Buried 8 May 1772.

John Cool. Buried 6 April 1773.

James Doughty. Buried 20 May 1774.

Sarah Drake. Buried 22 August 1772.

William Drake. Buried 26 May 1772.

Henry Dyer. Buried 14 May 1770.

Edith Haskell. Buried 1 December 1773.

Thomas Haskell. Buried 3 May 1774.

Rachel Hawes. Buried (in the chancel) 10 December 1772.

Elizabeth Hinwood. Buried 27 November 1773.

Thomas Ingram. Buried 23 July 1774.

Ann Kerley. Buried 1 August 1770.

Thomas Kite. Buried 8 February 1772.

Mary Marshall. Buried 6 December 1774.

Elizabeth Mitchell (from Steeple Langford). Buried 6 June 1774.

Martha New. Buried 31 May 1773.

John Perrior (in his 89th year). Buried 25 September 1773.

Alice Rumsey. Buried 21 May 1771.

Richard Rumsey. Buried 20 March 1771.

Thomas Seawell. Buried 10 November 1770.

David Smith. Buried 21 June 1771.

Edith Sturgis. Buried 16 April 1771.

Elizabeth Thompson. Buried 25 July 1772.

Sarah Thompson. Buried 15 April 1774.

Upton Scudamore Burials, 1770-1774

Burials at Upton Scudamore, 1770 – 1774

Arranged alphabetically by surname:

ELIZABETH BARNES, wife of William Barnes, 8 April 1770.

GEORGE BARNES, son of Joseph Barnes and Milcah Barnes, 24 April 1774.

WILLIAM BARNES, son of Ambrose Barnes and Mary Barnes his late wife, 30 September 1772.

CATHARINE BARRY, widow of Richard Barry the second, 19 October 1774.

ELIZABETH BARRY, daughter of the Rev Richard Barry and Mary Barry, 26 March 1770.

ELIZABETH BARRY, wife of Richard Barry, Rector, 15 March 1774.

MARY CAYFORD, widow of the late John Cayford, 16 March 1773.

BETTY DANIEL, daughter of George and Ann, 2 February 1774.

MARY DANIEL, widow, 30 June 1771.

DANIEL DEBNAM, son of Daniel Debnam and Hester Debnam, 6 May 1770.

LUCY GOUGH, 30 August 1771.

JANE GWYER, wife of John Gwyer of Bristol, 6 July 1773.

ANTHONY HILL, of Corsley, 4 April 1774.

ELIZABETH LAMPARD, wife of Thomas Lampard, 13 March 1773.

ELEANOR LOYD, widow of the late Richard Loyd, 15 July 1774.

LYDIA MARTIN, 1 March 1770.

LYDIA MARTIN, wife of Isaac Martin of Corsley, 25 September 1774.

EDWARD PEARCE, 31 January 1770.

GEORGE PEARCE, of Westbury, 17 June 1773.

JOHN PEARCE, son of Mary Pearce, widow, of Westbury, 8 November 1774.

SAMUEL PEARCE, 31 January 1770.

MARGERY RUDDOCK, 1 March 1770.

JOHN SILVERTHORN, 23 March 1771.

ELIZABETH SINGLE, 7 February 1770.

JOHN SINGLE, son of Edward Single and Sarah Single, 16 June 1774.

WILLIAM SINGLE, son of Edward Single and Sarah Single, 12 June 1774.

MARY TURNER, wife of John Turner, 4 March 1774.

WILLIAM TURNER, son of Robert Turner and Ann Turner, 16 March 1772.

BETTY WEBB, wife of Benjamin Webb, 19 December 1771.

SAMUEL WEBB, son of John Webb and Mary Webb, 24 June 1772.

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