Sutton Benger Wiltshire Family History Guide

Sutton Benger is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SUTTON-BENGER, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 4 miles NNE of Chippenham r. station. It has a post-office under Chippenham. Acres, 1,173. Real property, £2,581. Pop., 406. Houses, 91. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £285. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church was recently restored.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Sutton-Benger – Church records ( 2 )
Baptisms of 10 parishes, Chippenham, Lacock and adjacent parishes to the northeast
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Sutton-Benger, 1605-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton-Benger (Wiltshire)

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

England, Wiltshire, Sutton-Benger – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Sutton-Benger, Wiltshire 1780-1833
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

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: Malmesbury
  • Province: Canterbury