Maddington Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Maddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1652
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Maddington Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Maddington. The index includes information from London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Goldsbury, Nicholas, of Shrewton, Wilts, gent., bachelor, 23, and Mary Gilbert, spinster, 18, daughter of John Gilbert, of Maddington, said county, gent., who consents — at Maddington aforesaid. 20 Feb. 1632/3. F.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MADDINGTON, a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts; in Salisbury plain, 5½ miles N of Stapleford r. station, and 6 W by N of Amesbury. Post town, Shrewton, under Devizes.

Acres, 3,973. Real property, with Shrewton and Rollstone, £7,295. Rated property of M. alone, £3,456. Pop., 396. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belonged formerly to Sir Stephen-Fox, ancestor of the Earls of Ilchester and Lords Holland; and belongs now to L. P. Maton, Esq. Traces exist of ancient buildings.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £64. Patron, L. P. Maton, Esq. The church is ancient but good. Charities, £8.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Amesbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Wylye
  • Poor Law Union: Amesbury
  • Hundred: Branch and Dole
  • Province: Canterbury