Baydon, Wiltshire, England

Wiltshire

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Nearby places

Baydon or Bayton is 4 miles West of Ramsbury. Grid ref SU282770. Post code SN8 2JP.

Modern map of the area - link to Multimap

Church Records

Information and links for indexes including a complete marriage index for Wiltshire are in a page on church records and indexes .

Indexes and registers of the parish church of Baydon

WSRO registers: Chr 1673-1891, Mar 1673-1999, Bur 1673-1992
VRI Chr 1673-1891, Mar 1673-1840
WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1578-1837
White Horse Baptisms 1673-1840
Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1578-1837
National Burial Index 1578-1837

There is a key to abbreviations and explanation of format of this list common to all parishes.

Description and Travel

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"BAYDON, a parish in the hundred of Ramsbury, in the county of Wilts, 8 miles to the N.E. of Marlborough. It is on the confines of Berkshire. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Salisbury, value £110, in the patronage of the Rev. A. Meyrick. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The Wesleyans have a chapel here."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003, please respect the conditions of use.]

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[Last updated: 7 June 2004, David Hawgood]