Sopworth, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Sopworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1598
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SOPWORTH, a parish in Malmsbury district, Wilts; 7 miles E by S of Wickwar r. station. Post town, Chippenham. Acres, 1,011. Real property, £1,685. Pop., 214. Houses, 49. The manor belongs to the Duke of Beaufort. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £265. Patron, the Duke of Beanfort. The church is ancient.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages at Sopworth 1698-1812

Wiltshire Parish Registers – Marriages volume 1 – Marriages at Sopworth 1698-1812 – UK Genealogy Archives

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Sopworth – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sopworth, 1606-1882
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sopworth (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Sopworth, 1698-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sopworth (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Sopworth, 1697-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sopworth (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Sopworth – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Sopworth, Wiltshire 1780-1870
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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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