Crudwell, Wiltshire Family History Guide
Crudwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.
Other places in the parish include: Chelworth, Chedglow, Murcott, and Eastcourt.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1659
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Crudwell
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CRUDWELL, a parish in Malmsbury district, Wilts; near the Roman road to Cirencester, 4 miles WNW of Minety r. station, and 4 N by E of Malmsbury. It includes the hamlets of Chedglow, Chelworth, Eastcourt, and Murcott: and has a post office under Tetbury. Acres, 4,780. Real property, £7,258. Pop., 799. Houses, 152. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Vale of White Horse hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £487. Patron, the Rev. W. Maskelyne. The church has Norman portions, and is good. A school has £16 from endowment; and other charities £20.
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
Crudwell, a parish in the hund. and union of Malmesbury, county of Wilts; 4 miles north-north by east of Malmesbury. Living, a rectory in the archd, of Wilts and dio. of Salisbury; rated at £19 5s. 2½d.; gross income £487. Patron, in 1835, the Earl of Hardwicke. There is a day and Sunday school here, endowed with £18 per annum. Other charities to poor, in 1834, £19 17s. 4d. per annum. Acres, including the tything of Eastcourt, 4,820. Houses 128. A.P. £5,032. Pop., in 1801, 512; in 1831, 604. Poor rates, in 1838, £326 19s.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Chedglow
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
CHEDGLOW, a hamlet in Crudwell parish, Wilts; 4 ¼ miles N of Malmsbury. Pop., 55.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Chelworth
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
CHELWORTH, a hamlet in Crudwell parish, Wilts; 5¼ miles NNE of Malmsbury. Pop., 58.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Murcott
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
MURCOTT, a hamlet in Crudwell parish, Wilts; 3 ¼ miles NNE of Malmsbury. Pop., 54.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriages at Crudwell 1662-1812
Parish Records
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Wiltshire Historical Directories
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: Malmesbury
- Hundred: Malmesbury
- Province: Canterbury