Slaughterford, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Slaughterford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Parish church: St. Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1813
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1619

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SLAUGHTERFORD, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; 3¾ miles NW of Corsham r. station. Post town, Chippenham. Acres, with Biddestone-St. Nicholas, 2,291. Real property of S. alone, £1,275. Pop., 141. Houses, 29. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Biddestone. The church is ancient but good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Slaughterford – Church records ( 5 )
Baptisms of 17 parishes west and north of Chippenham
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Slaughterford, 1619-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Slaughterford (Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1814-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Slaughterford (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Slaughterford, 1814-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Slaughterford (Wiltshire)

Society of Friends, Slaughterford, births, marriages and burials, 1677-1837.
Author: Society of Friends. Slaughterford Monthly Meeting (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Slaughterford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, ca. 1866-1952
Author: Chippenham Union (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Slaughterford – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Slaughterford, Wiltshire 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Directories

Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire and the Isle of Wight 1889

FamilySearch Historical Records

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Chippenham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Malmesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Chippenham
  • Hundred: Chippenham
  • Province: Canterbury