Chiseldon, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Chiseldon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Hodson and Badbury.

Alternative names: Chisledon

Parish church: Holy Cross

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1641
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHISLEDON, a village and a parish in Highworth district, Wilts. The village stands 4 miles SE of Swindon r. station, and 8 S of Highworth; and has a post office under Swindon. The parish includes also the tythings of Badbury and Hodson. Acres, 4,750. Real property, £8,881. Pop., 1,206. Houses, 262. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £173. Patron, H. Calley, Esq. The church is good.

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.

Thorne Ralph, Snodshill lane, Chisledon, Wiltshire, hay dealer, April 24, 1838.

Parish Registers

Chiseldon Marriages 1641 to 1812

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Chisledon – Church records ( 6 )
The bishop’s transcripts and parish registers of Chiseldon, baptisms, 1605-1837
Author: Hassell, Margory; Wiltshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Chisledon (Wiltshire)

The bishop’s transcripts and parish registers of Chiseldon, burials, 1606-1837
Author: Hassell, Margory; Wiltshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Chisledon (Wiltshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Chisledon, 1605-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chisledon (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Chisledon, 1641-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chisledon (Wiltshire)

Marriages, 1813-1840 : Chisledon, Wiltshire, England
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chisledon (Wiltshire); Decker, Mary Sheppard

Parish registers for Chisledon, 1641-1944
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chisledon (Wiltshire)

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

England, Wiltshire, Chisledon – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 3 )
Out relief from the board of guardians’ minutes of Highworth & Swindon Union, 1842-1879
Author: Hurley, Beryl; Hassell, Margory; Highworth and Swindon Union (Wiltshire); Wiltshire Family History Society

Overseers account book and miscellaneous parish records 1766-1839, Chisledon, Wiltshire
Author: Chisledon (Wiltshire)

Poor law records, 1866-1914
Author: Highworth and Swindon Union (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Chisledon – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Chisledon, Wiltshire 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

FamilySearch Historical Records

Wiltshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Highworth
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Marlborough
  • Poor Law Union: Highworth and Swindon
  • Hundred: Kingsbridge
  • Province: Canterbury