Cricklade St Sampson, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Cricklade St Sampson is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: St Sampson Cricklade

Other places in the parish include: Whidhill and Chelworth.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. Sampson

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1672
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Cricklade St Sampson

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

St. Sampson a vicarage; valued in K. B. 18l. 11s. 10d.; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, alternately.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. I; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

Chelworth

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

CHELWORTH, a tything in Cricklade-St. Sampson parish, Wilts; 1 mile SW of Cricklade.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Cricklade – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Cricklade, 1605-1888
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Cricklade, Wiltshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Sampson’t Church, Cricklade, 1599-1867
Author: Church of England. St. Sampson’s Church (Cricklade, Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1599-1840
Author: Church of England. St. Sampson’s Church (Cricklade, Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1605-1840
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Cricklade, Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Cricklade, 1683-1954
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Cricklade, Wiltshire)

Parish registers for St. Sampson’s Church, Cricklade, 1672-1969
Author: Church of England. St. Sampson’s Church (Cricklade, Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Cricklade – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Cricklade absent poor and warrants for reputed fathers 1787-1837
Author: Hurley, Beryl; Grout, Diana

The workhouses of Purton and the Cricklade and Wooton Bassett Union
Author: Robbins, Alec

England, Wiltshire, Cricklade – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Cricklade, Wiltshire 1780-1881
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Cricklade
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Cricklade
  • Poor Law Union: Cricklade and Wootton Bassett
  • Hundred: Highworth, Cricklade and Staple
  • Province: Canterbury