Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire Family History Guide
Limpley Stoke is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Wiltshire, created in 1846 from Bradford-on-Avon Ancient Parish.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1707
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- South Stoke, Somerset
- Wellow, Somerset
- Monkton Combe, Somerset
- Winsley
- Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset
- Freshford, Somerset
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LIMPLEY-STOKE, a village and a chapelry in Bradford parish, Wilts.
The village stands near the river Avon, the Kennet and Avon canal, the Bathampton branch of the Great Western railway, and the boundary with Somerset, 3¼ miles W of Bradford; presents a romantic appearance, as seen from the ascent toward Freshford; commands a curious view of the river, the canal, and the railway, winding side by side, at different elevations, down the valley; is environed by hanging woods and orchards, and by a wild declivity, with picturesque features; and has a railway station, a recent hydropathic establishment, and a girls’ reformatory.
The chapelry was reconstituted in 1846, and is conjoined with Winsley. Post town, Bradford-on-Avon. Pop. in 1861, 985. Houses, 218. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £147. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is small; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
STOKE, LIMPLEY, a tything, in the chapelry of Winsley, parish, union, and hundred of Bradford, Westbury and N. divisions, and Trowbridge and Bradford subdivisions, of Wilts, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Bradford; containing 377 inhabitants. There is a chapel dedicated to St. Mary.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| Thomas Amesbury, b., of Limpley Stoke, & Margaret Pill, sp. 20 Oct. 1763 | Bratton Wiltshire |
Parish Records
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Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Wiltshire
- Civil Registration District: Bradford on Avon
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Potterne
- Poor Law Union: Bradford
- Hundred: Bradford
- Province: Canterbury