Buttermere Wiltshire Family History Guide

Buttermere is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Parish church: St. James

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1720
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BUTTERMERE, a parish in the district of Hungerford, and county of Wilts; 4¾ miles S of Hungerford r. station. Post Town, Shalbourn, under Hungerford. Acres, 1,502. Real property, £906. Pop., 12 8. Houses, 26. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £229. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Buttermere – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Buttermere, 1605-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buttermere (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Buttermere, 1720-1967
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buttermere (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Imber, 1709-1976
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Imber (Wiltshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Buttermere (Wiltshire)

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

England, Wiltshire, Buttermere – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Buttermere, Wiltshire 1780-1881
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

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

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Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Hungerford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Marlborough
  • Poor Law Union: Hungerford
  • Hundred: Kinwardstone
  • Province: Canterbury