Broad Chalke
"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."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Bibliography
The people of the village have compiled The Broad Chalke Book - a History of a South Wiltshire Village, its Land & People over 2000 years, published in 1999.
More details are available on a page providing information about Old Documents and History Books : Broad Chalke.
Cemeteries
- All Saints, South Street, Church of England, Broad Chalke
Church Records
- All Saints, South Street, Church of England
- Congregational Chapel, Other
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, Other
- United Reformed Church, Other
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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 Broad Chalke, All Saints:
- 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
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Broad Chalke from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Broad Chalke from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Broad Chalke from British History Online.
Maps
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