Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Compton Chamberlayne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Compton Chamberlain

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COMPTON-CHAMBERLAIN, a parish in Wilton district, Wilts; on an affluent of the river Avon, adjacent to the South Devon railway, 1¼ mile SE of Dinton r. station, and 4½ W by S of Wilton. It has a post office under Salisbury.

Acres, 2,130. Real property, £2,371. Pop., 348. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. Compton-Chamberlain House is the seat of Penruddock, Esq.; and belonged to Colonel Penruddock, who was executed for an attempt to over-throw Cromwell.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, Penruddock, Esq. The church contains an obituary of the Penruddocks, and a large brass of a priest; and is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Compton-Chamberlain – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Compton-Chamberlain, 1599-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Compton-Chamberlain (Wiltshire)

Compton Chamberlayne incumbent’s visiting book 1847-76
Author: Hurley, Beryl

England, Wiltshire, Compton-Chamberlain – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court rolls in Compton-Chamberlain, Wiltshire, 1703-1750
Author: Manor of Compton-Chamberlain. Court (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Compton-Chamberlain – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Compton-Chamberlaine, Wiltshire 1780-1837
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wilton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Chalke
  • Poor Law Union: Wilton
  • Hundred: South Damerham
  • Province: Canterbury