Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Ashton Keynes is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire. Leigh is a chapelry of Ashton Keynes.

Alternative names: Ashton Keynes with Leigh

Parish church: Holy Cross

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1582
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1609

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHTON-KEYNES, a parish in Cricklade district, Wilts; on an affluent of the Thames, 2½ miles NNE of Minety r. station, and 4 W of Cricklade. It includes the chapelry of Leigh; and has a post office under Cricklade. Acres, 3,820. Real property, £8,086. Pop., 1,070. Houses, 242. The property is much subdivided. Ashton-Keynes House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and. Bristol. Value, £325. Patron, J. Swinford, Esq. The church is good; and there are two dissenting chapels, and charities £119.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Ashton-Keyness, 3¼ m. W. Cricklade. P. 1332.

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

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Ride Thomas, Ashton-Keynes, Wiltshire, tallow chandler, March 2, 1822.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Ashton-Keynes – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ashton-Keynes, 1609-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashton-Keynes (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Ashton-Keynes, 1582-1961
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashton-Keynes (Wiltshire)

Record of members, ca. 1851-1852
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ashton-Keynes Branch (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Ashton-Keynes – Manors ( 1 )
Estate survey in Devizes, Wiltshire, 1655
Author: Manor of Devizes (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Ashton-Keynes – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court rolls in Latton, Wiltshire, 1584-1656
Author: Manor of Latton. Court (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Ashton-Keynes – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Ashton-Keynes, Wiltshire, 1750-1881
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

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Cricklade
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Cricklade
  • Poor Law Union: Cricklade and Wootton Bassett
  • Hundred: Highworth, Cricklade and Staple
  • Province: Canterbury