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Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England

Broad Chalke or Broad Chalk is 6 miles SW of Wilton. Grid ref SU041252. Post code SP5 5DR.

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 Broad Chalke

• WSRO registers: Chr 1538-1886, Mar 1562-1972, Bur 1552-1866
• IGI Chr 1538-1675 and 1700-1780 batch P017291, Chr 1780-1886 batch C017292,
  Mar 1538-1895 batch M017292
• VRI Chr 1880-1886
• White Horse Baptisms 1538-1780
• Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1552-1837

Indexes and registers of the church of Broad Chalke, Independent:

• IGI Chr 1808-1836 batch C077641

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

Description and Travel

"BROAD-CHALK, a parish in the hundred of Chalk, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles to the S.W. of Wilton, and 8 from Salisbury. It is situated on the Ebele, a branch of the river Avon, and contains the hamlets of Knighton and Stoke Farthing. The manor was a possession of the abbey of Wilton. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value with that of Bower-Chalk, of £336, in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is in the early English style, and has been recently restored. The Rev. Dr. Rowland Williams, whose case has recently excited so much interest, as one of the writers in the "Essays and Reviews," is the incumbent. Near the village are several remains of ancient earthworks; at Bury Orchard is an extensive camp covering above 5 acres, and near it Gawen's Barrow. The latter, according to tradition, is named after the heroic Sir Gawaine, the kinsman of King Arthur. John Bekinsau, the friend of Leland, and author of a work in defence of the king's supremacy, published in the reign of Henry VIII., was a native of Broad-Chalk."

"KNIGHTON, a hamlet in the parish of Broad Chalk, county Wilts, 5 miles S.W. of Wilton."

"STOKE FARTHING, a hamlet in the parish of Broad Chalk, county Wilts, 3 miles S.W. of Wilton, on a branch of the river Avon."

History

"Broad Chalke - A history of a south Wiltshire village its land & people over 2000 years by the people of the village" published in 1999 by (and make out cheques to) The Broad Chalke Millennium Book. Address: The Willows, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 5HH. Price £20, plus postage and packing: UK £3.95; Australia & New Zealand, £14; USA & Canada £12.50; Europe £6.00.

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