Brokenborough, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Brokenborough is a chapelry of Westport St Mary Ancient Parish in Wiltshire.

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1697 see also Westport St Mary
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1609; 1619

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BROKENBOROUGH, a parish in Malmesbury district, Wilts.; on Akeman-street, 2 miles NW of Malmesbury, and 7¼ W by S of Minety r. station. It has a post office under Chippenham. Acres, 2,552. Real property, £3,732. Pop., 503. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belonged to the Saxon kings; and passed to the Molines. Some Roman remains have been found.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Westport, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Brokenborough – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Brokenborough, 1609-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brokenborough (Wiltshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Westport-St. Mary, 1605-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westport-St. Mary (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Brokenborough – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Brokenborough, Wiltshire 1780-1870
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

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Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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