Nunton and Bodenham, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Nunton and Bodenham is a chapelry of Downton Ancient Parish in Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Bodenham.

Alternative names: Nunton, Nunton with Bodenham, Nurton and Bodenham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1672
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1623

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NUNTON-WITH-BODENHAM, a parish in Alderbury district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 2½ miles SSE of Salisbury r. station.

It contains the hamlets of Nunton and Bodenham, the latter of which has a post-office under Salisbury. Acres, with Downton parish and Langley-Wood extra-parochial tract, 13,221. Real property, with Charlton, £3,531. Rated property of N.with-B. alone, £1,382. Pop., 282. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few.

New Hall belonged formerly to J. T. Batt, Esq.; belongs now to Major-General Buckley; and contains a valuable collection of pictures.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Downton, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church was recently restored by Wyatt, and contains a monument of J. T. Batt, Esq.

There are a Baptist chapel, and a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Wiltshire, Nunton-with-Bodenham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Nunton-with-Bodenham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, Nunton-with-Bodenham – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Nunton-with-Bodenham, 1623-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Nunton-with-Bodenham (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Nunton-with-Bodenham, 1672-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Nunton-with-Bodenham (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Nunton-with-Bodenham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Creed registers, ca. 1900-1925
Author: Alderbury and Salisbury Union (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Nunton-with-Bodenham – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Nunton-with-Bodenham, Wiltshire 1770-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Alderbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Wilton
  • Poor Law Union: Alderbury
  • Hundred: Downton
  • Province: Canterbury