Liddington, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Liddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Medbourn, Liddington Wick, Liddington Warren, and Coate.

Alternative names: Lyddington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1692
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605; 1624

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LIDDINGTON, a parish in Highworth district, Wilts.

The village stands 4 miles SE by S of Swindon, and 5 SE of Swindon r. station; and is small.

The parish contains also the hamlets of Liddington-Wick, Liddington-Warren, Coate, and Medbourn. Post town, Swindon. Acres, 2,767. Real property, £4,362. Pop., 440. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belongs to the Duke of Marlborough. Remains of the old manor-house, of Tudor date, surrounded by a moat, are in a dell. Liddington Castle, or Badbury, is an ancient British camp, large and circular; and was the scene of a decisive defeat of the Saxous under Cerdic, by King Arthur.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £325. Patron, the Duke of Marlborough. The church is ancient; was restored in 1850; has a roof of timber frame-work, and a tower; and contains a very ancient font, and monuments of two church dignitaries, supposed to be abbesses of Shaftesbury.

There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Liddington – Church records ( 4 )
The bishop’s transcripts and parish registers of Liddington, baptisms & burials, 1605-1837
Author: Hassell, Margory; Wiltshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Liddington (Wiltshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Liddington, 1605-1842
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Liddington (Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1693-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Liddington (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Liddington, 1692-1952
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Liddington (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Liddington – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Baptisms from parish records and bishop’s transcripts
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Liddington, Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1692-1872
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Wiltshire, Liddington – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 3 )
Out relief from the board of guardians’ minutes of Highworth & Swindon Union, 1842-1879
Author: Hurley, Beryl; Hassell, Margory; Highworth and Swindon Union (Wiltshire); Wiltshire Family History Society

Overseers account book 1848-1893, Liddington, Wiltshire
Author: Liddington (Wiltshire)

Poor law records, 1866-1914
Author: Highworth and Swindon Union (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Liddington – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Liddington, 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: Highworth
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Cricklade
  • Poor Law Union: Highworth and Swindon
  • Hundred: Kingsbridge
  • Province: Canterbury