Bishopstone (near Salisbury) Wiltshire Family History Guide

Bishopstone (near Salisbury) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire. 

Other places in the parish include: Throope, Pitts, Netton, Hamston, Faulston, Croucheston, and Croncheston. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1601
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606; 1622

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BISHOPSTONE, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district of Wilton, Wilts. The village stands on an affluent of the river Avon, 3½ miles SSW of Wilton r. station, and 4½ SW of Salisbury.

The parish includes also the hamlets of Throope, Croncheston, Faulston, Hamston, Netton, and Pitts; and its Post Town is Bishopstone, under Salisbury. Acres, 4,452Real property, with Stratford-Toney, £6,047. Pop., 685. Houses, 136. The property is subdivided.

The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £806. Patron, the Earl of Pembroke The church is cruciform; shows features of many styles and periods, but is mainly of the time of Henry VI.; belonged to the priory of Monkton-Farleigh; and contains two stone coffins, which are supposed to hold the remains of bishops. Charities, £10.

The subdistrict contains eleven parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 31,459. Pop., 4,904. Houses, 1,036.

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

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.

Norris Thomas, Bishopstone, Wiltshire, shoe maker, Aug. 31, 1822.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Bishopstone (near Salisbury) – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bishopstone, near Salisbury, 1606-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bishopstone (near Salisbury, Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1606-1842
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bishopstone (near Salisbury, Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Bishopstone, near Salisbury, 1636-1987
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bishopstone (near Salisbury, Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Bishopstone (near Salisbury) – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Baptisms from parish records and bishop’s transcripts
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Bishopstone (near Salisbury), Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1732-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Wiltshire, Bishopstone (near Salisbury) – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1591-1678
Author: Church of England. Prebendal Court (Bishopstone (near Salisbury), Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Bishopstone (near Salisbury) – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rate book and miscellaneous parish records, 1836-1916
Author: Bishopstone (near Salisbury, Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Bishopstone (near Salisbury) – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rate book and miscellaneous parish records, 1836-1916
Author: Bishopstone (near Salisbury, Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Bishopstone (near Salisbury) – Probate records – Indexes ( 1 )
Index to wills, 1625-1799
Author: Church of England. Prebendal Court (Bishopstone (near Salisbury), Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Bishopstone (near Salisbury) – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Bishopstone (near Salisbury), Wiltshire, 1780- 1833
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wilton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post-1846 – Chalke
  • Poor Law Union: Wilton
  • Hundred: Downton
  • Province: Canterbury