Christian Malford, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Christian Malford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Avon.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Christian Malford Parish Registers

Christian Malford Marriages 1653 to 1812 Wiltshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and John Sadler. Vol. X. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane. 1910. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

Christian Malford

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHRISTIAN-MALFORD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Chippenham district, Wilts. The village stands on the river Avon, adjacent to the Great Western railway, 4½ miles NE of Chippenham; and has a post office under Chippenham. The parish comprises 3,104 acres. Real property, £6,900. Pop., 898. Houses, 203. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged anciently to Glastonbury abbey. The parish is a meet for the Beaufort hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £672. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is good; and there is an Independent chapel. The sub-district contains seven parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 12,609. Pop., 3,190. Houses, 700.

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

Avon

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Avon, in Christian-Malford par. P. 19.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Avon, a tything, in the parish of Christian-Malford, union and hundred of Chippenham, Chippenham and Calne, and N. divisions of Wilts, 3 miles (NE) from Chippenham; containing 76 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Christian-Malford – Church records ( 4 )
Baptisms of 10 parishes, Chippenham, Lacock and adjacent parishes to the northeast
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Births and baptisms, 1809-1836
Author: Independent Church (Christian-Malford)

Bishop’s transcripts for Christian-Malford, 1605-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Christian-Malford (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Christian Malford, 1653-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Christian-Malford (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Christian-Malford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Christian-Malford, Wiltshire, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1809-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Wiltshire, Christian-Malford – Civil registration ( 1 )
Burial certificates, 1839-1853
Author: Wootton-Bassett (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Christian-Malford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, ca. 1866-1952
Author: Chippenham Union (Wiltshire)

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

FamilySearch Historical Records

Administration

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