Great Somerford, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Great Somerford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Broad Somerford

Other places in the parish include: Sturtley, Startley, and Starely.

Parish church: St. Peter and St. Paul

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1707
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Great Somerford Parish Registers

Great Somerford Marriages 1707 to 1812 Wiltshire Parish Registers : Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and John Sadler. Vol. 6. Published London 1908. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SOMERFORD (Great or Broad), a parish, with a village and a hamlet, in Malmsbury district, Wilts: on the river Avon, 7 miles NNE of Chippenham r. station. It has a post-office under Chippenham. Acres, 1,770. Rated property, £2,520. Pop., 532. Houses, 114. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £447. Patron, Exeter College, Oxford. The church was restored in 1865.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Wiltshire, Broad Somerford
England, Wiltshire, Somerford (Broad)
England, Wiltshire, Somerford (Great)

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

England, Wiltshire, Great Somerford – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Great Somerford, 1605-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Somerford (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Great als. Broad Somerford, 1707-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Somerford (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Great Somerford, 1707-1947
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Somerford (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Great Somerford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Great Somerford, Wiltshire, England, christenings, 1813-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Wiltshire, Great Somerford – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Great Somerford, Wiltshire 1780-1870
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

FamilySearch Historical Records

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Malmesbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Malmesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Malmesbury
  • Hundred: Malmesbury
  • Province: Canterbury