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Berwick St Leonard is 5 miles South of Warminster. Grid ref ST924331. Postcode SP3 5SN.
"Parish. South Wilts. 1 mile east of Hindon. 1144 acres. Population: 79. Ecclesiastical district: 198" (Bartholomew's Gazetteer - 1970)
Modern map of the area - link to Multimap
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 Berwick St Leonard
There is a key to abbreviations and explanation of format of this list common to all parishes.
"BERWICK ST. LEONARD, a parish in the hundred of Dunworth, in the county of Wilts, 1 mile to the E. of Hindon, its post town, and 15 W. of Salisbury. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value, with the perpetual curacy of Sedgehill, which is annexed to it, of £375, in the patronage of J. Benett, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard, and has been recently restored. The manor house, which was erected in the reign of James I., is now converted into a barn."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
John Keynes of Australia has submitted an account of his family's emigration "From Berwick St Leonard to Australia".
