Alton Barnes
"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]
Cemeteries
- St Mary the Virgin, -, Church of England
Census
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.
Church Records
- St Mary the Virgin, -, Church of England
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Common to all parishes is a Key to Abbreviations and a description of Church Records and Indexes for Wiltshire, including a complete Marriage Index for the county.
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
Gazetteers
- 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.
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History
- The entry for Alton Barnes from British History Online.
Maps
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