Lyneham, Wiltshire Family History Guide
Lyneham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.
Other places in the parish include: Preston and Clack.
Alternative names: Lineham
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Particular Baptist, and Primitive Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Tockenham
- Hilmarton
- Brinkworth
- Christian Malford
- Dauntsey
- Bremhill with Foxham and Highway
- Clyffe Pypard
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LYNEHAM, or LINEHAM, a village and a parish in Cricklade district, Wilts.
The village stands 1½ mile S of the Wilts and Berks canal and the Great Western railway, and 4 SW of Wootton-Bassett r. station; and has a post office under Chippenham.
The parish contains also the village of Clack, and comprises 3,242 acres. Real property, £7,596. Pop., 1,034. Houses, 230. The property is divided among a few.
The manor belongs to G. H. W. Heneage, Esq. Lyneham Court is a farm house. An Augustinian priory, called Bradenstoke abbey, was funded, about the middle of the 12th century, near Clack village; and has left considerable traces at the farmstead of Clack.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £270. Patron, G. H. W. Heneage, Esq. The church is ancient, has been beautifully restored, and contains some monuments. The p. curacy of Clack is a separate benefice.
There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, a national school, an endowed school with £36 a year, and charities £53.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Maps
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Administration
- County: Wiltshire
- Civil Registration District: Cricklade
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Avebury
- Poor Law Union: Cricklade and Wootton Bassett
- Hundred: Kingsbridge
- Province: Canterbury