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URCHFONT, or Erchfont, a '''parish''', with three tythings, in Devizes '''district''', Wiltshire; 3½ miles SE of Devizes railway station. Stert '''chapelry''' is included in the diocese of Salisbury. There is an '''Independent chapel'''.<ref> Wilson, John Marius,[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12130 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''](1870-72)Adapted 18 April 2013</ref><br><br> | URCHFONT (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of Devizes, hundred of Swansborough, Devizes and N. divisions of Wilts, 5 miles (S. E.) from Devizes, with that of '''Stert '''annexed. Here is a place of worship for Baptists. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51365 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 424-428. Date accessed: 09 October 2013.</ref> | ||
<br> URCHFONT, or Erchfont, a '''parish''', with three tythings, in Devizes '''district''', Wiltshire; 3½ miles SE of Devizes railway station. Stert '''chapelry''' is included in the diocese of Salisbury. There is an '''Independent chapel'''.<ref> Wilson, John Marius,[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12130 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''](1870-72)Adapted 18 April 2013</ref><br><br> | |||
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Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection | Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection | ||
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Revision as of 15:26, 9 October 2013
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
URCHFONT (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Devizes, hundred of Swansborough, Devizes and N. divisions of Wilts, 5 miles (S. E.) from Devizes, with that of Stert annexed. Here is a place of worship for Baptists. [1]
URCHFONT, or Erchfont, a parish, with three tythings, in Devizes district, Wiltshire; 3½ miles SE of Devizes railway station. Stert chapelry is included in the diocese of Salisbury. There is an Independent chapel.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Stert parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| JOIN = The Joiner Marriage Index - (£)[3] | |||||
| TGEN = TheGenealogist - (£)[4] |
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| JOIN | 1585-1812 | |||||
| TGEN | 1579-1812 | |||||
Urchfont parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
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| JOIN | 1538-1812 | |||||
| TGEN | 1538-1812 | |||||
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Wiltshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Web sites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 424-428. Date accessed: 09 October 2013.
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius,Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales(1870-72)Adapted 18 April 2013
- ↑ Wiltshire Coverage, The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 11 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - Coverage', The Genealogist, accessed 27 September 2013.