Bowerchalke
"BOWER-CHALK, a parish in the hundred of Chalk, in the county of Wilts, 7 miles to the S.W. of Wilton. It lies on the borders of Dorsetshire. The living is a vicarage united with the consolidated vicarage of Broadchalk and Alvediston, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The parish contains an area of 2,966 acres."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Bibliography
Sawyer, Rex - The Bowerchalke PARISH PAPERS, Collet's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924. Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989. ISBN 0-86299-579-5. Published in collaboration with Wiltshire County Council, Library & Museum Service, and sadly now out of print, but may be available on Inter-Library Loan.
Cemeteries
- Holy Trinity, Church Street, Church of England
Church Records
- Holy Trinity, Church Street, 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 Bowerchalke, Holy Trinity:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1694-1975, Mar 1701-1965, Bur 1701-1998
- IGI Chr 1701-1885 Batch C152191, Mar 1701-1895 Batch M152191
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1837
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Bowerchalke from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Bowerchalke from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Bowerchalke from British History Online.
Maps
- View maps of Bowerchalke and places within its boundaries.