Alton Priors
"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]
Cemeteries
- All Saints, Village Street, 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
- All Saints, Village Street, 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 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
Gazetteers
- 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.
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History
- The entry for Alton Priors from British History Online.
Maps
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