Wiltshire Family History Society
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CD01 Marriage Licence Bonds
Over 70,000 Marriage Licence Bonds for Salisbury Diocese, which includes Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset & Uffculme in Devon, with many strays from other places. These bonds, over 70,000 of them which could be the only record of a marriage, normally include name, age, groom occupation, place of residence, marital state, bondsmen and possibly church(es) where the marriage could take place. We ...
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CD11 Wiltshire Land Tax 1780
Land Tax started in 1692 and remained until the mid 20th century. Between 1780-1832 copies were required to be sent to the Clerk of the Peace of each county to be used to establish the right of those eligible to vote in parliamentary elections (not everyone paying land tax had that right). Thus returns for those years are generally complete whereas before and after very few have survived. The retu...
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CD12 Summary Convictions
Minor Offences in Wiltshire 1698-1903, dealt with by the Justices of the Peace either singly or with a colleague, convicting and punishing defendants found guilty. The transcript gives person convicted, parish, offence, place of offence, court date and witnesses....
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CD13 Wiltshire Confirmations 1703-1920
The confirmations in this publication, with the exception of Bromham, which is still held by the Church, are deposited in Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre. Over 3,000 records, all for the year 1787, are in the Diocesan records. The rest are in the parish records, some of which are in specially printed books and a few in parish registers. Candidates may not have been confirmed in the parish ...
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CD14 Wiltshire Non-Conformist Index
This publication is a re-release of previously published information. Volunteers are currently revising and adding in additional material from other sources for non-conformist records held in Wiltshire. There is considerable work to be completed and although it is hoped to be able to publish this in the future, no publication date can yet be proposed. The registers of the Wiltshire nonconformis...
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CD16 - St Mark's Swindon
St Mark's was the church of the Great Western estate. Baptisms 1845-99, marriages 1846-1902 and burials 1845-1915. This publication is also available as three books; baptisms PR289, marriages PR290 and burials PR291. ....
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CD19 Passing Through
We have provided a free name index to this product, as a pdf file, which can be viewed, downloaded, copied and printed. The index can be accessed through a link in the publications page on our website: www.wiltshirefhs.co.uk/index.php/publications This publication is a compendium of the six volumes of vagrancy pass events we have already published. This collection of vagrants...
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CD20 Bastardy
We have provided a free name index to this product, as a pdf file, which can be viewed, downloaded, copied and printed. The index can be accessed through a link in the publications page on our website: www.wiltshirefhs.co.uk/index.php/publications This publication is a compendium of the ten volumes of bastardy events we have already published. You can view them on page 13, the next page. ...
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CD21 Poor Law in Wiltshire 1670-1890
Removal orders, settlement certificates and settlement examination records for the county from 1670 to 1890. Available here as a CD or download. Also available as a book. We have provided a free name index to this product, as a pdf file, which can be viewed, downloaded, copied and printed. The index can be accessed through a link in the publications page on our website: www.wiltshirefhs.co.u...
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CD22 Apprentices
This is a compilation of the two main apprentice publications; Broad Town Charity Apprentices (CS128) and Wiltshire Apprentices: Parish, Charity and Private (CS129) Wiltshire. We have provided a free name index to this product, as a pdf file, which can be viewed, downloaded, copied and printed. The index can be accessed through a link in the publications page on our website: www.wiltshirefhs.c...
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CD23 Censuses and Surveys #1
Seven books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 10, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 1 Miscellaneous Censuses Part I; 1695-1887 Box, Corsham, Steeple Ashton & Trowbridge 2 Miscellaneous Censuses Part II; 1695-1887 Brixton Deverill, Bromham, Bulkington, Chiseldon, Donhead, Foxley, Grittleton, Horningsham, ...
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CD24 Censuses and Surveys #2
Six books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 10, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 10 Contagious Diseases of Animals 1879-88; Infected Wiltshire farms 11 Hair Powder Tax Wiltshire; 1796 & 1797 12 Wiltshire Freemason’s List 1799-1900 13 Wiltshire Protestation Returns; 1641-2 & Warmins...
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CD25 Military
Five books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 9, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 30 First World War tribunals in Swindon 31 First World War tribunals in Wiltshire 32 Wiltshire Militia Courts Martial 1759-1770 33 Wiltshire Militia Orders 1759-1770 34 Wiltshire Soldiers wounded in the Civil Wa...
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CD26 Devizes and Trowbridge
Four books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 11, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 34 Wiltshire Soldiers wounded in the Civil War 40 Devizes New Baptist Church; Members 1805-1920 41 Trowbridge St James; Bell Book; Burials including Nonconformists 1797-1855 2nd Edition 43 Trowbridge, Formerly Of 1...
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CD27 Highworth and Swindon
Seven books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 11, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 50 Swindon Independent/Congregational Church; 1804-1866 51 Swindon Labour Certificates; 1888-1906 School leavers & their qualifications 52 Swindon Advertiser 1854-1899 Family Announcements 53 GWR Accident Hospital...
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CD28 Marlborough records
Six books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 11, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 60 Volume 1; Vagrants & Deserters 18th & 19th centuries 61 Volume 2; Petty Sessions Courts 1771-1857 62 Volume 3; Removals & Settlements 19th C 63 Volume 4; Borough apprentices 17C, St Peter & Paul bastardy records ...
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CD29 Salisbury records
Seven books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 11, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 70 Salisbury Area Apprentices & Wilton Free School; Duke of Somerset’s Charity 71 Salisbury Churchgoers; 1574, 1584, 1600 & Wilton c 1369 72 Salisbury Records Volume 1; Strangers 1675-1738 & Poor Relief 1...
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CD30 Coroners' Inquests and Inquisitions
Six books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 9, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 80 Marlborough Coroners; 1773-1835 81 Salisbury City Coroners Volume 1; 1876-1892 82 Salisbury City Coroners Volume 2; 1893-1898 83 Salisbury City Coroners Volume 3; 1899-1901 84 Malmesbury Coroners; 1830-1854 ...
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CD31 Pew Lists and Rents
Six books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 10, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 20 Pew Rents 1; Calne 1636-1817, Devizes 1864-1870 & Melksham 1652-1754 21 Pew Rents 2; Trowbridge St James 1750-1850 22 Pew Rents 3; Westbury 1780-1818, Wilton 1747-1842 & some Corsham 1652-1856 23 Pew Rents 4; War...
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CD32 Itinerant Folk and Hiring Fairs
Five books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 8, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 90 Travelling Folk; Itinerant Mission in the Diocese of Salisbury 1882 & 1883 91 Travelling Folk Book 2 Parish on Wheels; Aspects of Missioner’s and Traveller’s lives 1882-1916 92 Wootton Basse...
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CD33 Presentments 1662, Churchwardens and Peculiar
Five books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 10, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 120 1 – 45 parishes between Alderton, Hankerton, Lacock & Malmesbury 121 2 – 73 parishes between Bradford on Avon and Devizes 122 3 – 50 parishes between Amesbury, Laverstock, Mar...
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CD34 Compendium of Parish A5 series volumes 1 to 20
This product is both a CD-ROM and download. It contains volumes 1 to 20 of our A5 Parish Series, which are: 1 Great Bedwyn Families In The 19th Century 2 Collingbourne Ducis Families In The 19th Century 3 Tisbury & Wardour 1835 Census 4 Leigh Delamere & Sevington People In The 19th Century 5 Holt People In The Early 19th Century 6 Stourton Poor In The 19th Century ...
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CD35 Compendium of Parish A5 series volumes 21 to 41
This product is both a CD-ROM and download. It contains volumes 21 to 41 of our A5 Parish Series, which are: 21 Westbury Upper & Lower Meetings (Congregational) 22 Compton Chamberlayne Incumbents’ Visiting Book 1847-76 23 Marlborough – Letters Written Home for Relief 24 Salisbury Cholera Victims 1849 25 Donhead St. Andrew Incumbent’s V...
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CD36 Books of Trades, Parish Law and the Compleat Parish Officer
This publication brings together five informative books that are as relevant today as when they were originally published. They are individually available on page 15, but are presented here on a single CD-ROM or pdf file through downloading. The Books of Trades - Three volumes: Volume 1 - Woolcomber, spinner, waterman, basket maker, hat maker,jeweller, bricklayer, carpenter, cooper, st...
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CD37 Wiltshire Tithe Awards
Tithes were originally payments made in kind to the clergy of the parish to support the church and its incumbent. By the nineteenth century, there was a hodge-podge of arrangements for paying this tax to the church. “An Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales" (more commonly known as “The Tithe Commutation Act”) was passed in 1836 to convert in-kind payments to monetary paymen...
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