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:Â Baptist and Independent/Congregational.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Blunsdon St Andrew
- Broad Blunsdon
- South Cerney, Gloucestershire
- Cricklade St Mary
- Leigh
- Charlton
- Minety
- Purton
- Shorncote
- Latton
- Eisey
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
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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