Preshute, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Preshute is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Langdon Wyke, Furze Cope, Elcot, Clatford, Wykedown, Temple Ruckley, and Manton.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. George

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1606
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1609

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Preshute Parish Registers

Preshute Marriages 1606 to 1812 Wiltshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and John Sadler. Vol. 4. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane. 1907. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PRESHUTE, a parish in Marlborough district, Wilts; on the river Kennet, 1¼ mile SW of Marlborough r. station. It includes Clatford, Elcot, and Manton tythings; and is within Marlborough parliamentary borough. Post-town, Marlborough. Acres, 5,351. Real property, with Savernake Park, £10,223. Pop., 1,209. Houses, 177. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £186. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is partly Norman, and in good condition; and has a brass of 1518. The Marlborough workhouse is here. There are a national school, and charities £6.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

PRESHUTE (St. George), a parish, in the union of Marlborough, hundred of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, ½ a mile (S. W. by W.) from Marlborough; containing, with the tythings of Clatford, Elcot, and Manton, 898 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £8; net income, £186; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church is partly in the Norman style, and has a plain ancient font of dark grey marble.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Preshute – Church history ( 1 )
The parish and church of St. George at Preshute (Wiltshire) : a short history and guide
Author: Lane, R. H.; Kempson, E. G. H.

England, Wiltshire, Preshute – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Preshute, 1609-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Preshute (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Preshute, 1606-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Preshute (Wiltshire)

The parish and church of St. George at Preshute : a short history and guide
Author: Lane, R. H.; Kempson, E. G. H.

Parish registers for Preshute, 1607-1947
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Preshute (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Preshute – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Preshute, Wiltshire, England, christenings, 1607-1875

England, Wiltshire, Preshute – Civil registration ( 1 )
Notices of marriage, 1838-1911
Author: Great Britain. Superintendent Registrar (District of Marlborough)

England, Wiltshire, Preshute – History ( 1 )
Marlborough and Preshute, a history
Author: Stevenson, Janet H.

England, Wiltshire, Preshute – Manors ( 1 )
A valuation of lands in the parishes of Great Bedwin, Little Bedwin and Preshute in the county of Wilts : the property of the earl of Ailesbury
Author: Pryce, B.

England, Wiltshire, Preshute – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Preshute, Wiltshire, 1780-1884
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Preshute – Voting registers ( 1 )
Burgess roll’s in Marlborough, Wiltshire, 1840-1874
Author: Marlborough (Wiltshire : Borough)

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Marlborough
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Marlborough
  • Poor Law Union: Marlborough
  • Hundred: Selkley
  • Province: Canterbury