Kemble, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Kemble is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire. In 1897 Kemble was transferred to Gloucestershire.

Other places in the parish include: Wick, Jervis Quarry, and Ewen.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1679
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Kemble Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Kemble, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1679-1812

Kemble, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Kemble, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938

Kemble Marriages 1679 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

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Kemble, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1915

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KEMBLE, a parish in the district of Cirencester, and county of Wilts; at the Cirencester Junction station of the Cheltenham and Great Western railway, and on the Thames and Severn canal, adjacent to Gloucestershire, 4 miles SW of Cirencester. It includes the tythings of Ewen and Wick; and its post town is Cirencester. Acres, 3,600. Real property, with Poole, £7,002. Rated property of K. alone, £3,840. Pop., 466. Houses, 80. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belongs to Miss Gordon. An affluent of the Thames rises here; and the water of it is raised, by a steam-engine, to supply the Thames and Severn canal. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £270. Patron, Miss Gordon. The church is ancient; was partly rebuilt in 1840; has a lofty steeple, which was struck and rent by lightning in 1823; and contains a monument of a Knight Templar, and several other monuments. There are a free school, and charities £23.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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