Tockenham Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Tockenham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1620

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TOCKENHAM, a parish in Cricklade district, Wilts; 2¾ miles SW of Wootton-Bassett r. station. Post town, Wootton-Bassett, under Swindon. Acres, 761. Real property, £1,682. Pop., 157. Houses, 36. T. House is the seat of the Buxtons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury Value, £283. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Charities, £29.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Tockenham – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Tockenham, 1620-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tockenham (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Tockenham, 1653-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tockenham (Wiltshire)

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

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Cricklade
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Avebury
  • Poor Law Union: Cricklade and Wootton Bassett
  • Hundred: Kingsbridge
  • Province: Canterbury