Blackland, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Blackland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Quemerford.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1757
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1594; 1603

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BLACKLAND, a parish in Calne district, Wilts; near the Roman road, 1½ mile SE of Calne r. station, and 7 ESE of Chippenham. Post town, Calne, under Chippenham. Acres, 537. Real property, £1,604. Pop., 54. Houses, 12. The property is divided among a few. Blackland House was formerly the seat of the Maundrells, and is now the seat of the Tanners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160. Patron, the Rev. James Mayo. The church was repaired in 1859.

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

Parish Records

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England, Wiltshire, Blackland – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Blackland, 1594-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Blackland (Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1757-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Blackland (Wiltshire); Lewis, Kenneth G.

Parish registers for Blackland, 1761-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Blackland (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Blackland – Civil registration ( 1 )
Notices of marriage, 1837-1903
Author: Great Britain. Superintendent Registrar (District of Calne)

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

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Maps

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Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Calne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Treasurer of Salisbury in the Prebendal of Calne
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Avebury
  • Poor Law Union: Calne
  • Hundred: Calne
  • Province: Canterbury