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Aldbourne is six miles North East of Marlborough. Grid ref SU265756. Post code SN8 2DU.
Modern map of the area - link to Multimap
Information and links for indexes including a complete marriage index for Wiltshire are in church records and indexes
Indexes and registers of the parish church of Aldbourne
(There is a key to abbreviations and explanation of format of this list
common to all parishes)
John Dymond is doing a one-place study aiming to publish as many of the records of the Parish of Aldbourne up to about 1900 as may be practicable and useful for Family History research. At July 2002, he had transcribed parish registers 1790-1849 and is adding more.
Description from the National Gazetteer of 1868
Aldbourne community website www.aldbourne.org.uk has a Genealogy forum to leave messages and a growing genealogy section.
Articles on history of Aldbourne by Graham Palmer and Howard Gibbs linked from the "Features" section of the Aldbourne community website include "A fire destroyed much of Aldbourne in 1760 with 72 houses destroyed" - and much more.
John Dymond has a few records of hair powder tax, 1796 .
