Littleton Drew, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Littleton Drew is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Drew, Littleton St Andrew, St Andrew Littleton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1706
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LITTLETON-DREW, or LITTLETON-ST. ANDREW, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; on Akeman-street, adjacent to Gloucester, 8 miles NW of Chippenham town and r. station. Post town, Chippenham. Acres, 971. Real property, £1,411. Pop., 233. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belongs to the Duke of Beaufort. A large barrow, with three stones of a fallen cromlech on the top, is about a mile from the church.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £180. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church was rebuilt in 1856.

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

Parish Records

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England, Wiltshire, Littleton-St. Andrew

England, Wiltshire, Littleton-Drew – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Littleton-Drew, 1851-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, Littleton-Drew – Church records ( 4 )
Baptisms of 17 parishes west and north of Chippenham
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Births and baptisms, 1825-1837
Author: Independent Church (Littleton-Drew)

Bishop’s transcripts for Littleton-Drew, 1605-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Littleton-Drew (Wiltshire)

Church records, 1836-1904
Author: Littleton Drew Independent Chapel (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Littleton-Drew – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, ca. 1866-1952
Author: Chippenham Union (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Littleton-Drew – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Littleton-Drew, Wiltshire 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Administration

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