Baydon, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Baydon is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Wiltshire, created in 1793 from a chapelry in Ramsbury with Axford Ancient Parish.

Parish church: St. Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1673
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist and Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BAYDON, a parish in the district of Hungerford and county of Wilts; on the verge of the county, 3½ miles WSW of Lambourne, and 7 SSE of Shrivenham r. station. It has a post office under Hungerford. Acres, 3,060. Real property, £2,892. Pop., 380. Houses, 81. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £110. Patron, the Rev. A. Meyrick. The church was repaired in 1860. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Baydon – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Baydon, 1578-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baydon (Wiltshire)

Church records, 1837-1954
Author: Hungerford Circuit (Berkshire : Wesleyan Methodist)

Parish register transcripts, 1578-1696
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baydon (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Baydon, 1673-1891
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baydon (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Baydon – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Baptisms from parish records and bishop’s transcripts
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

England, Wiltshire, Baydon – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Hungerford Union : workhouse births and deaths 1866-1914, pauper’s service book 1877-1917
Author: EurekA Partnership

England, Wiltshire, Baydon – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Baydon, Wiltshire, 1780-1884
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Baydon – Vital records ( 1 )
Hungerford Union : workhouse births and deaths 1866-1914, pauper’s service book 1877-1917
Author: EurekA Partnership

FamilySearch Historical Records

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: Hungerford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post-1846 – Marlborough
  • Poor Law Union: Hungerford
  • Hundred: Ramsbury
  • Province: Canterbury