Marden, Wiltshire Family History Guide
Marden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.
Alternative names: Merton
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1684
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1623
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Marden Parish Registers
Marden Marriages 1693 to 1812 Wiltshire Parish Registers : Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and John Sadler. Vol. 6. Published London 1908. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARDEN, or MERTON, a village and a parish in Devizes district, Wilts. The village stands on the river Avon, 2 miles SW of Woodborough r. station, and 6 ESE of Devizes; and has a post office, of the name of Marden, under Devizes. The parish comprises 1,278 acres. Real property, £2,291. Pop., 235. Houses, 49.
The manor belongs to S. R. Neate, Esq. Two remarkable tumuli formerly were in the neighbourhood, 240 feet in circuit, and 40 feet high; and are supposed, by some writers, to mark the scene of Ethcldred’s defeat by the Danes in 871; but whether they were sepulchral barrows or the earthwork of an ancient British temple, is an open question.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £1 70. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is ancient; has two Norman arches and an embattled tower; and is finely ornate, both without and within. There is a national School.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Wiltshire
- Civil Registration District: Devizes
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Potterne
- Poor Law Union: Devizes
- Hundred: Swanborough (Wiltshire)
- Province: Canterbury