Stanton St Quintin, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Stanton St Quintin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: St Quintin Stanton

Other places in the parish include: Lower Stanton.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. Giles

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1679
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Leigh Delamere
• Malmesbury
• Langley Fitzurse
• Grittleton
• Sutton Benger
• Hullavington
• Kington St Michael
• Draycot Cerne
• Seagry

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STANTON-ST. QUINTIN, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; 4 miles NNW of Chippenham r. station. Post town, Chippenham. Acres, 1,820. Real property, £1,510. Pop., 338. Houses, 74. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £400. Patron, the Earl of Radnor. The church is ancient, cruciform, and good; and was once collegiate. There is a free school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Stanton-St. Quintin – Church records ( 3 )
Baptisms of 10 parishes, Chippenham, Lacock and adjacent parishes to the northeast
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Stanton-St. Quintin, 1603-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanton-St. Quintin (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Stanton-St. Quintin, 1679-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanton-St. Quintin (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Stanton-St. Quintin – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Overseers account book and miscellaneous parish records 1827-1864
Author: Stanton-St. Quinton (Wiltshire)

Poor law records, ca. 1866-1952
Author: Chippenham Union (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Stanton-St. Quintin – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Stanton-St. Quintin, Wiltshire 1780-1833
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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Wiltshire
• Civil Registration District: Chippenham
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
• Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
• Rural Deanery: Malmesbury
• Poor Law Union: Chippenham
• Hundred: Malmesbury
• Province: Canterbury