Alderton, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Alderton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Aldrington St Giles

Parish church: St. Giles

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1606
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALDERTON, a parish in Malmesbury district, Wilts: near Akeman-street, 9 miles NNW of Chippenham r. station. It has a post office under Chippenham. Acres, 1,587. Real property, £2,404. Pop., 192. Houses, 44. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, not reported. Patron, Sir J. Neeld, Bart. Gore, the antiquary, who flourished in the 17th century, was a native of Alderton, and was buried in the church.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Alderton, a parish in the division and union of Malmesbury, Wilts; 8 miles south-west of Malmesbury. Living, a curacy in the archd. and dio. of Salisbury, annexed to the vicarage of Sherston-Magna. It is not in charge, and is rated in the parliamentary returns at £30. Patrons, the dean and chapter of Gloucester. Pop., in 1801, 103; in 1831, 213. Houses 34. Acres 1,700. A. P. £2,822. Poor rates, in 1837, £91.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Alderton, 6 m. S.W. Malmsbury. P. 183

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Registers

Marriages at Alderton 1606-1812

Wiltshire Parish Registers – Marriages volume 1 – Marriages at Alderton 1606-1812 – UK Genealogy Archives

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Wiltshire, Alderton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Alderton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, Alderton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Alderton, 1605-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alderton (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Alderton, 1606-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alderton (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Alderton, 1607-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alderton (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Alderton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Alderton, Wiltshire 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Directories

Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire and the Isle of Wight 1889

Residents 1855

Goddard Rev Francis M A

TRADERS

Allpass William beer retailer

Bristow Mary Mrs beer retailer & shopkeeper

Hulance Isaac stonemason 

Kington John farmer

Kington John Beard farmer

Sargent Daniel farmer

Spencer William farmer

Tanner William blacksmith

Weller John farmer 

White Jane Mrs Charity school mistress 

Source: Post office [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands) 1855 

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Malmesbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Malmesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Alderbury
  • Hundred: Chippenham
  • Province: Canterbury