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"ALTON-BARNES, (or Berners), a parish in the hundred of Swanborough, in the county of Wilts, 6 miles to the E. of Devizes. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through it. This place was formerly a possession of the nunnery of Amesbury. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, value £294, in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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If you have been unable to find the 1841 census for this parish, Wiltshire and Swindon Archives website provides the answer as one of their Wiltshire History Questions.
| St Mary the Virgin, Alton Barnes |
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Common to all parishes is a description of Church Records and Indexes for Wiltshire, including a complete Marriage Index for the county.
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Alton Barnes, St Mary:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1592-1986, Mar 1597-1986, Bur 1601-1987
- White Horse Baptisms 1592-1840
- The Ring Marriages 1597-1837
- Phillimore Marriages 1597-1812 (vol 6)
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1602-1837
- A transcription of the section for Alton Barnes from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Alton Barnes from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Alton Barnes to another place.
- The entry for Alton Barnes from British History Online.
- The entry for Alton Barnes from Wiltshire Community History.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU108630 (Lat/Lon: 51.366151, -1.846776), Alton Barnes which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.