Berwick Bassett
"BERWICK BASSETT, (or Barwick-Bassett), a parish and township in the hundred of Calne, in the county of Wilts, 7 miles to the N.E. of Calne, and 7 S. from Wootton Bassett railway station. Swindon is its post town. The river Kennet passes at a short distance from the village. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Salisbury, value £40, and in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, has been recently repaired, and the tower and chancel rebuilt. It contains a very ancient font and a handsome rood-screen of carved oak. There is a free school, founded in 1775, with a small endowment, and a National school."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- St Nicholas, -, Church of England
Church Records
- St Nicholas, -, Church of England
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Berwick Bassett, St Nicholas:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1674-1970, Mar 1674-1956, Bur 1676-1970
- IGI Chr 1674-1774 Batch C054292, Chr 1775-1875 Batch C054291, Mar 1754-1837 Batch M054291
- VRI Chr 1838-1911, Mar 1674-1747
- WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1580-1837
- White Horse Baptisms 1674-1699 & 1751-1840
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials
- National Burial Index 1580-1837
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Berwick Bassett from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Berwick Bassett from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Berwick Bassett from British History Online.
Maps
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