Hankerton, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Hankerton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Cloatly, Bishopers, and Bishoper.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1699
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Particular Baptist.

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HANKERTON, a village and a parish in Malmsbury district, Wilts. The village stands 3½ miles NE of Malmsbury, and 4 W by S of Minety r. station; and has a post office under Chippenham. The parish includes also the tything of Cloatly. Acres, 2,150. Rated property, £2,611. Pop., 393. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Earl of Suffolk. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £269. Patron, the Rector of Crudwell. The church is ancient and good, with a tower; and there is a national school.

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