Upavon Wiltshire Family History Guide

Upavon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Uphaven

Other places in the parish include: Cave of Adullam.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1687
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1625

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UPAVON, or Uphaven, a parish, with a village, in Pewsey district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 3½ miles SSE of Woolborough r. station, and 9 ESE of Devizes. It has a post-office under Marlborough, and formerly had a market. Acres, 3,329. Real property, £4,265. Pop., 508. Houses, 118. The property is much divided.

A Benedictine priory, a cell to Fontanelle abbey in France, was founded here in the time of Henry I.; and was given, at the suppression of alien monasteries, to Ivychurch priory. U. Hill has traces of a small ancient camp.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £125. Patron, the Lord Chancellor.

The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel and charities £11.

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