Enford Wiltshire Family History Guide
Enford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.
Other places in the parish include: Newtown, Long Street, Littlecott, Littlecot, Fifield, East Chisenbury, Coombe, Compton, Combe, Comb, and Chisenbury.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1631
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605; 1623
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Primitive Methodist.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ENFORD, a tything and a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts.
The tything lies on the river Avon, in Salisbury plain, 7 miles SSW of Pewsey r. station, and 8½ W by N of Ludgershall; and has a post office under Marlborough.
The parish contains also the tythings of Fifield, Chisenbury, Compton, Combe, Littlecott, Long-Street, and Newtown. Acres, 7,880. Real property, with Fittleton, but without Fifield, £10,414. Pop., 893. Houses, 189. The parish contains many barrows, and is a resort of sportsmen.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £350. Patron, Christ’s Hospital, London. The church was destroyed by lightning in 1817, and afterwards rebuilt; and has a lofty spire.
There is a Baptist chapel. Charities, £4.
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.
Sweetapple John Pearce, Chisenbury, Wiltshire, horse dealer, March 1, 1825.
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Administration
- County: Wiltshire
- Civil Registration District: Pewsey
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Potterne
- Poor Law Union: Pewsey
- Hundred: Elstub and Everleigh
- Province: Canterbury