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"PERTWOOD, a parish in the hundreds of Warminster and Dunworth, county Wilts, 2 miles N.W. of Hindon, its post town, and 6½ S. of Warminster. The village, which consists of two or three farmhouses, is situated on Pertwood Down, and is wholly agricultural. The parish is traversed by the road between Shaftesbury and Warminster. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £70, and the glebe comprises 10 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Sarum, value £56. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, has a tower containing one bell."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Pertwood or Upper Pertwood is 2 miles NW of Hindon. Grid Ref ST888357. Population 29 in 1831.
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| St Peter, Pertwood |
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 Pertwood, St Peter:
(united to Chicklade, 1922)- WSRO registers: Chr 1813-1923, Mar 1840-1918, Bur none
- BTs before surviving registers for 1608, 1625-31, 1712-28, 1787, 1802-1880
- IGI Mar 1840-1895 Batch M155042
- VRI Mar 1902-1904
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1860
- A transcription of the section for Pertwood from the National Gazetteer (1868).
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- The entry for Pertwood from British History Online.
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