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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.