Colerne, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Colerne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Colerne Parish Registers

Marriages at Colerne 1661-1812 and Marriages at Colerne 1560-1575 and 1640-1651 can be found in the volumes of Phillimore’s Wiltshire Parish Registers: Marriages below.

Colerne 1661 to 1812 Wiltshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and John Sadler. Vol. 4. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane. 1907. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Wiltshire Parish Registers : Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, Edmund Nevill and John Sadler. Vol. 5. Published London 1907. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COLERNE, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; on an affluent of the river Avon, near the Fosse way, 2 miles NNE of Box r. station, and 3½ WNW of Corsham. It has a post office under Chippenham. Acres, 3,620. Real property, £6,010. Pop., 1,040. Houses, 239. The property is subdivided. The surface is hilly. One ancient camp is on Colerne Down; and another is in Colerne Park. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £92. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is partly Norman, and in tolerable Condition; and there is an independent chapel. Charities, £13.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Colerne – Church records ( 5 )
Baptisms of 17 parishes west and north of Chippenham
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Births and baptisms, 1801-1837
Author: Independent Church (Colerne)

Bishop’s transcripts for Colerne, 1607-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Colerne (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Colerne, 1661-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Colerne (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Colerne, 1561-1973
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Colerne (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Colerne – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Parish register printouts of Colerne, Wiltshire, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1801-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Colerne, Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1628-1757
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Colerne, Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1758-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Colerne, Wiltshire, England ; marriages, 1560-1753
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Wiltshire, Colerne – History ( 1 )
Colerne, the village on the hill
Author: Utting, Joyce; Utting, John

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

England, Wiltshire, Colerne – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Colerne, Wiltshire 1780-1832
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
  • Province: Canterbury