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"ALTON-PRIORS, a chapelry in the parish of Overton, in the hundred of Elstub and Everley, in the county of Wilts, 7 miles to the E. of Devizes. It contains the tything of West Stowell, which was one of the possessions of the priory of Winchester. The living is a perpetual curacy united with the vicarage of Overton in the diocese of Salisbury. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, contains a brass of the year 1528."
[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.
All Saints, Alton Priors |
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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 Priors, All Saints:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1664-1976, Mar 1702-1961, Bur 1664-1984
- White Horse Baptisms 1605,1619-21,1633,1644-1840
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1664-1837
- A transcription of the section for Alton Priors from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Alton Priors from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Alton Priors to another place.
- The entry for Alton Priors from British History Online.
- The entry for Alton Priors from Wiltshire Community History.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU111623 (Lat/Lon: 51.359663, -1.841968), Alton Priors which are provided by:
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- 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.