Westwood, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Westwood is a chapelry of Bradford-on-Avon Ancient Parish in Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Upper Westwood, Lower Westwood, Iford, and Ford.

Alternative names: Westwood cum Ford, Westwood cum Iford, Westwood with Iford

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1666
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Methodist and Particular Baptist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WESTWOOD-CUM-IFORD, a parish, with a village, in Bradford district, Wilts; 2 miles SW of Bradford r. station. Post town, Bradford-on-Avon. Acres, 813. Real property, £1,655. Pop. in 1851, 605; in 1861, 469, of whom 114 were in Bradford workhouse. Houses, 75. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The living is a rectory, annexed to Bradford. The church is ancient. There is a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Westwood-cum-Iford – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Westwood-cum-Iford, 1608-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westwood-cum-Iford (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Westwood-cum-Iford, 1666-1956
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westwood-cum-Iford (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Westwood-cum-Iford – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Westwood, Wiltshire, England ; christenings, 1666-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Westwood, Wiltshire, England ; marriages, 1670-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Wiltshire, Westwood-cum-Iford – Civil registration ( 1 )
Notices of marriage, 1838-1882
Author: Great Britain. Superintendent Registrar (Bradford Union)

England, Wiltshire, Westwood-cum-Iford – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court rolls in Westwood-cum-Iford, Wiltshire, 1551-1558
Author: Manor of Westwood-cum-Iford. Court (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Westwood-cum-Iford – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Westwood-cum-Iford, Wiltshire 1780-1883
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Bradford on Avon
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Potterne
  • Poor Law Union: Bradford
  • Hundred: Bradford
  • Province: Canterbury