Rushall, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Rushall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1652
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1622

Nonconformists include: General Baptist and Presbyterian.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RUSHALL, a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 3 miles SSE of Woodborough r. station, and 3½ SW of Pewsey. Post-town, Pewsey, under Marlborough.

Acres, 2,164. Real property, £2,316. Pop., 224. Houses, 50. R. Hall is the seat of Sir E. Poore, Bart.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £390. Patron, the Warden of Merton College, Oxford. The church is good; and there is a Baptistchapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Rushall, 1841-1891

Church Records

Baptisms from 14 parishes south and east of Devizes Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Rushall, 1622-1880 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rushall (Wiltshire)

Church records, 1743-1887 Author: Rushall General Baptist Church (Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1651-1837 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rushall (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Rushall, 1652-1837 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rushall (Wiltshire)

Taxation

Land tax assessments in Rushall, Wiltshire, 1780-1831 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Pewsey
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Potterne
  • Poor Law Union: Pewsey
  • Hundred: Swanborough (Wiltshire)
  • Province: Canterbury