Broad Town
"BROAD TOWN, a district parish in the parishes of Cliffe-Pypard and Broad-Hinton, hundred of Kingsbridge, in the county of Wilts, 3 miles to the S.E. of Wootton Bassett railway station. It is situated on the Downs. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value of £100, in the alternate patronage of the vicars of Cliffe-Pypard and Broad-Hinton."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Note:
Broad Town was created as a parish in 1846 from parts of Broad Hinton and Cliffe Pypard.
Cemeteries
- Christ Church, Broadtown Road, Church of England
Church Records
- Christ Church, Broadtown Road, Church of England
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, Other
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Other
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Registers of the parish church of Broad Town, Christ Church):
(for earlier entries see Hinton, Broad Pypard and Clyffe Pypard)- WSRO registers: Chr 1847-1924, Mar 1847-1999, Bur 1847-1979
We are not aware of any indexes for this specific parish.
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Broad Town from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Broad Town from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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Maps
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