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Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon is a town 10 miles West of Devizes, 8 miles SE of Bath (Somerset). Grid ref ST826608. Post code BA15 1DQ

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 Holy Trinity, Bradford on Avon

• WSRO registers: Chr 1579-1951, Mar 1580-1977, Bur 1579-1856
• VRI Chr 1880
• Phillimore marriages 1560-1837
• IGI Chr 1833-1880 batch C160332, Mar 1833-1836 batch M160332

Registers of the parish church of Christ Church, Bradford on Avon
for earlier entries, see Holy Trinity, Bradford on Avon

• WSRO registers: Chr 1842-1969, Mar 1843-1931, Bur 1842-1937

Indexes to registers of the church of Bradford on Avon, Morgans Hill Independent :

• IGI Chr 1772-1837 batch C077611

Indexes to registers of the church of Bradford on Avon, Wesleyan Methodist:

• IGI Chr 1795-1839 batch C077621

Indexes to registers of the church of Bearfield, Countess of Huntingdon's: (Bearfield is in Bradford)

• IGI Chr 1791-1857 batch C077601

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

Description and Travel

Bradford on Avon website - "provides a wide collection of maps, photographs and other sources for local history and genealogy. There are over 200 in depth links to the many Historic buildings and families associated with this ancient Market Town."

Description in 1868:

"BRADFORD ON AVON, (or Great Bradford), a parish and market town, in the hundred of Bradford, in the county of Wilts, 8 miles to the S.E. of Bath, 30 miles from Salisbury, and 102 miles W. from London by road, or 109 by railway. It is a station on the Great Western railway. The parish is situated on the banks of the river Avon, and the Kennet and Avon canal. It contains the chapelries of Atworth with South Wraxhall, Holt, and Winsley with Limpley Stoke, and the tythings of Leigh Woolley and Trowle. The name of this place signifies "broad ford," and is a contraction of the Saxon Bradenford. " (There is more of this description).

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Bradford on Avon is to be found on a supplementary page.

Atworth Great Ashley Holt Leigh Limpley Stoke

South Wraxall Stoke Limpley with Winsley Trowle Winsley Woolley

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003, please respect the conditions of use.]

Directories

• Names from Kelly's Directory 1899

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