Crudwell, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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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

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

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Crudwell – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Crudwell, 1605-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Crudwell (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Crudwell, 1662-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Crudwell (Wiltshire)

Notes on the parish church of All Saints, Crudwell, Wilts
Author: Vernon, Thelma, 1901-

England, Wiltshire, Crudwell – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Crudwell, Wiltshire 1780-1870
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

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