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Blackland, Wiltshire, England

Blackland is 2 miles South East of Calne. Grid ref SU013685.

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 Blackland

Annette Nelson has transcribed church records from various sources at Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office. We have:
baptisms 1606-1850
marriages 1594-1835
burials 1594-1850

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

Description and Travel

Description in 1868:
"BLACKLAND, a parish in the hundred of Calne, in the county of Wilts, 2 miles from Calne, its post town. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value of £160, in the patronage of the Rev. James Mayo. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. Blackland House, the principal mansion, was formerly the seat of the Mannell family."
[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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