Beechingstoke
"BEECHING, (or Beauchampstoke), a parish in the hundred of Swanborough, in the county of Wilts, 6 miles to the E. of Devizes. It is situated on the banks of the river Avon. The Kennet and Avon canal passes a little to the north of the village. The living is a rectory * in the diocese of Salisbury, vat. £293, in the patronage of G. W. Heneage. Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Stephen."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- St Stephen, -, Church of England
Church Records
- St Stephen, -, 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 Beechingstoke, St Stephen:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1566-1986, Mar 1590-1986, Bur 1566-1987
- VRI Mar 1590-1810
- WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1566-1837
- White Horse Baptisms 1566-1840
- Phillimore Marriages 1590-1812 (vol 8)
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1566-1837
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Beechingstoke from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Beechingstoke from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Beechingstoke from British History Online.
Maps
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