Imber Wiltshire Family History Guide

Imber is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1709
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1623

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

• East Coulston
• Tilshead
• Little Cheverell
• Knook
• Chitterne All Saints
• Cheverell Magna
• Edington
• Erlestoke
• Heytesbury
• West Lavington

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

IMBER, a parish in Warminster district, Wilts; in Salisbury plain, 4 ½ miles NE by N of Heytesbury r. station, and 6½ ENE of Warminster. Post town, Heytesbury, under Bath.

Acres, 3,033. Real property, £2,616. Pop., 382. Houses, 85. The property is subdivided.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £120. Patron, the Marquis of Bath. The church contains two effigies of Knights Templars, and is good.

There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place of Marriage
James Prior, of Westbury, & Mary Harnis, of Imber 14 May 1685	Bratton Wiltshire
Edward Pearce, widr., of Imber, & Betty Cook, sp. 13 Dec. 1784	Bratton Wiltshire
Matthew Munday, widr., of Imber, & Betty Church, wid. 18 July 1803	Bratton Wiltshire

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Imber – Church records ( 5 )
The bishop’s transcripts and parish registers [for] Imber, 1623-1837 : from the originals in the Wiltshire Record Office
Author: Hurley, Beryl; Hassell, Margory; Wiltshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Imber (Wiltshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Imber, 1623-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Imber (Wiltshire)

Church records, ca. 1839-1906.
Author: Imber Particular Baptist Chapel (Wiltshire)

Churchwardens’ account book 1743-1923, Imber, Wiltshire
Author: Imber (Wiltshrie)

Parish registers for Imber, 1709-1976
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Imber (Wiltshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Buttermere (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Imber – History ( 1 )
Imber
Author: Morrison, Jean

England, Wiltshire, Imber – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens’ account book 1743-1923, Imber, Wiltshire
Author: Imber (Wiltshrie)

England, Wiltshire, Imber – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Imber, Wiltshire 1773-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Administration

• County: Wiltshire
• Civil Registration District: Warminster
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
• Diocese: Salisbury
• Rural Deanery: Potterne
• Poor Law Union: Warminster
• Hundred: Heytesbury; Swanborough
• Province: Canterbury