Southbroom is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Wiltshire, created in 1832 from a chapelry in Bishop’s Cannings Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Devizes St James, St James
Other places in the parish include: Roundway.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1572
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1620-1625; 1663
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Southbroom Parish Registers
Southbroom Marriages 1572 to 1837 Wiltshire Parish Registers : Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and John Sadler. Vol. 6. Published London 1908. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SOUTHBROOM, or St. James, a chapelry in Bishops-Cannings parish, Wilts; near Devizes r. station. Post town, Devizes. Acres, 2,648. Rated property, £7,980. Pop. in 1851, 2,517; in 1861, 2,773, of whom 132 were in Devizes workhouse, 386 in the Wilts lunatic asylum, and 26 in Bellevue lunatic asylum. Houses, 454. The property is divided among a few. S. House is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Bishops-Cannings. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1834.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Wiltshire, Southbroom – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Southbroom, 1620-1880
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Southbroom (Wiltshire); Lunatic Asylum (Southbroom, England)
England, Wiltshire, Southbroom – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for St. James, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Wiltshire, Southbroom – Church records ( 4 )
The bishop’s transcripts and parish registers of Southbroom (St. James, Devizes) previously a chapelry of Bishops Cannings, it became a perpetual curacy in 1832, baptisms, 1572-1837
Author: Hassell, Margory; Wiltshire Family History Society; Church of England. Chapelry of Southbroom (Wiltshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Southbroom, 1620-1880
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Southbroom (Wiltshire); Lunatic Asylum (Southbroom, England)
Marriages at Southbroom, 1572-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Southbroom (Wiltshire)
Parish registers for Southbroom, 1572-1946
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Southbroom (Wiltshire)
England, Wiltshire, Southbroom – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Southbroom, St. James, Wilts., Eng
Parish register printouts of Southbroom, Wiltshire, England (Saint James) ; marriages, 1754-1883
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Southbroom, Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1572-1770
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Southbroom, Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1771-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Wiltshire, Southbroom – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1590-1592
Author: Church of England. Dean and Chapter of Sarum. Peculiar Court
England, Wiltshire, Southbroom – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills, administrations and inventories, 1625-1638
Author: Church of England. Dean and Chapter of Sarum. Peculiar Court
Administration
- County: Wiltshire
- Civil Registration District: Devizes
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Avebury
- Poor Law Union: Devizes
- Hundred: Potterne and Cannings
- Province: Canterbury
