Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Collingbourne Kingston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Vallance, Southton, Kingston, Brunton, and Aughton.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St Mary

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1653
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Easton Royal
• Everleigh
• Burbage
• Ludgershall
• Tidcombe and Fosbury
• Fittleton
• Milton Lilbourne
• East Grafton
• Collingbourne Ducis
• Chute

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COLLINGBOURNE-KINGSTON, a village and a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts. The village stands on an affluent of the river Avon, 3¾ miles NW of Ludgers-hall, and 6 S by E of Savernake r. station; contains several old cottages of ornately-worked brick and flint; and has a post office under Marlborough and an inn.

The parish includes also the tythings of Southton, Brunton, Kingston, and Aughton. Acres, 7,293. Real property, £8,014. Pop., 903. Houses, 169. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Collingbournes; one of whom was executed, in the time of Richard III., on accusation of being a party to Buckingham’s rebellion. The parish is a resort of sportsmen.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £261. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church was reported in 1859 as bad.

There is a Wesleyan chapel. John Norris, the philosophical opponent of Locke, was a native; and his father was vicar.

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.

Gooden Robert, Collingbourne, Wiltshire, maltster, Dec. 4, 1829.

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Collingbourne-Kingston – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Collingbourne-Kingston, 1607-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Collingbourne-Kingston (Wiltshire)

Parish registers and monumental inscriptions of St. Mary Parish Collingbourne Kingstone, Wiltshire, England : baptisms, 1806-1812, 1849-1913, marriages, 1799-1945, burials, 1898-1945
Author: Wardell, Vernal G.; Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Collingbourne-Kingston)

Parish registers for Collingbourne-Kingston, 1653-1918
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Collingbourne-Kingston (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Collingbourne-Kingston – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Collingbourne-Kingston, Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1806-1945
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Wiltshire, Collingbourne-Kingston – Genealogy ( 1 )
From Aughton to Australia : the story of William and Hannah Nutley
Author: Nutley, Carol

England, Wiltshire, Collingbourne-Kingston – Manors ( 2 )
Estate survey in Collingborne, Wiltshire, 1706-1776
Author: Manor of Collingbourne-Ducis (Wiltshire); Manor of Collingbourne-Kingston (Wiltshire); Manor of Shalbourn (Wiltshire); Selkley (Wiltshire : Hundred)

Estate survey in Pewsey, Wiltshire, 1552-1730
Author: Manor of Pewsey (Wiltshire)

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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