Lydiard Tregoz, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Lydiard Tregoz is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Liddiard Treegooze, Lydiard Tregooze, Lydiard Tregoze

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1666
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LIDDIARD-TREEGOOZE, a village and a parish in Cricklade district, Wilts.

The village stands near the Great Western railway, 2 miles N W of Swindon r. station, and 3 ENE of Wootton-Bassett; was known, at the Conquest, as Lidiar; and gives the title of Baron to Viscount Bolingbroke.

The parish comprises 5,142 acres. Rated property, £7,721. Pop., 795. Houses, 160. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belonged to the Treegoozes: passed to the Grandisons, the Pateshulls, and the Beauchamps; and has belonged, since the time of Henry VI., to the St. Johns, Viscounts Bolingbroke. Liddiard Park is the seat of Viscount Bolingbroke.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Glon cester and Bristol. Value, £628. Patron, Viscount Bolingbroke. The church is ancient; was partly rebuilt in 1683; underwent thorough restoration about 1852; has a tower; and contains banners, helmets, pedigrees, and monuments of the Viscounts Bolingbroke.

There are a school for both sexes, and charities about £21.

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, Liddiard Treegoze

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

England, Wiltshire, Lydiard Tregoze – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Lydiard Tregoze, 1607-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lydiard Tregoze (Wiltshire)

Rate book and miscellaneous parish records 1805-1903, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire
Author: Lydiard Tregoze (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Lydiard Tregoze – Land and property ( 1 )
Rate book and miscellaneous parish records 1805-1903, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire
Author: Lydiard Tregoze (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Lydiard Tregoze – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Rate book and miscellaneous parish records 1805-1903, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire
Author: Lydiard Tregoze (Wiltshire)

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