Everleigh Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Everleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Everley

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1598
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EVERLEY, or Everleigh, a village and a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts.

The village stands on Salisbury Plain, 4¾ miles WNW of Ludgershall, and 5½ SSE of Pewsey r. station; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; has a good inn; and was once a market-town.

The parish comprises 3,275 acres; and its post town is Collingbourne-Ducis, under Marlborough. Real property, with Collingbourne-Ducis, £6,141. Rated property of E. alone, £2,629. Pop., 294. Houses, 66. The property is all in one estate.

The manor was held by the Saxon kings; is said to have had a palace of King Ina; passed to the Plantagenets; was given, by Elizabeth, to Sir Ralph Sadlier; and went to successively the Evelyns, the Barkers, and the Astleys. Everley House was probably built by Sir Ralph Sadlier; is now the seat of Sir F. Astley, Bart., and contains some curious old pictures.

A pool, adjacent to the village, bears the name of King’s Pond, supposed to have been given to it in commemoration of King Ina. Several eminences within the parish have ancient barrows, and remains of ancient British villages and camps.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £707. Patron, Sir F. Astley, Bart. The church is modern and beautiful, on the model of a previous ancient one; and has a tower and a peal of six bells.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Everley – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Everley, 1606-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Everley (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Everley, 1598-1984
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Everley (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Everley – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Everley, 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 Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Marlborough
  • Poor Law Union: Pewsey
  • Hundred: Elstub and Everleigh
  • Province: Canterbury