Orcheston St George, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Orcheston St George is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Elston.

Alternative names: St George Orcheston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1647
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ORCHESTON-ST. GEORGE, a village and a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts.

The village stands on Salisbury plain, 8 miles NE of Wiley r. station, and 12 SSE of Devizes; and has a post-office under Devizes.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Elston, and comprises 2,363 acres. Real property, with Orcheston, St. Mary, £3,480. Rated property of O., St. G. alone, £1,548. Pop., 236. Houses, 48. The property is divided between two. The manor belongs to W. Linton, Esq. The parish is remarkable for the widely-known Orcheston grass.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. value, £600. Patron, Wadham College, Oxford. The church is of the 14th century, and in excellent condition; and has stained-glass windows.

There is 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, Orcheston-St. George – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of Shrewton, Madington, and Orcheston (St. Mary and St. George), Wiltshire

England, Wiltshire, Orcheston-St. George – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Orcheston-St. George, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, Orcheston-St. George – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Orcheston-St. George, 1608-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Orcheston-St. George (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Orcheston-St. George, 1656-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Orcheston-St. George (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Orcheston-St. George – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Orcheston-St. George, Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1813-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Wiltshire, Orcheston-St. George – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Orcheston-St. George, Wiltshire 1773-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

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: Heytesbury
  • Province: Canterbury