Hide
Bishopstone (near Swindon)
hide
Hide
hide
Hide
hide
Hide
Hide
"BISHOPSTONE NEAR SWINDON, a parish in the hundred of Ramsbury, in the county of Wilts, 6 miles to the E. of Swindon. Farringdon is its post town. It lies on the borders of Berkshire. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £208, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There are two endowed schools in the village, the income of which amounts to about £60 per annum, and some other charities of the annual value of £70."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Note:
There is another Bishopstone in South Wiltshire, near Wilton.
Hide
St Mary, Bishopstone (nr. Swindon) |
Common to all parishes is a Church Records and Indexes for Wiltshire, including a complete Marriage Index for the county.
Indexes and registers of the parish church of Bishopstone (nr. Swindon, North Wilts), St Mary:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1573-1850, Mar 1573-1846, Bur 1573-1952
- WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1573-1837
- The Ring Marriages 1573-1837
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1837
- National Burial Index 1573-1837
- A transcription of the section for Bishopstone (near Swindon) from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Bishopstone (near Swindon) from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bishopstone (near Swindon) to another place.
- The entry for Bishopstone (near Swindon) from British History Online.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU251830 (Lat/Lon: 51.545764, -1.639881), Bishopstone (near Swindon) 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.