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"BROKENBOROUGH, a parish and village in the hundred of Malmesbury, in the county of Wilts, 2 miles to the N.W. of Malmesbury, of which borough it forms part. It is a very ancient place, having been a Roman settlement, and was called by the Saxons Caerderberge. The kings of Wessex had a seat here. The parish is on the border of Gloucestershire, and is crossed by the ancient Way called Akeman Street, near which fragments of Roman pavements have been found. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage of Westport, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There is a small charity school, and the parochial charities are Worth £3 a year. The Earl of Suffolk is lord of the manor."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Common to all parishes is a WSRO registers: Chr 1696-1909, Mar 1718-1744 and 1934-1966, Bur 1697-1992
- A transcription of the section for Brokenborough from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Brokenborough from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Brokenborough to another place.
- The entry for Brokenborough from British History Online.
- The entry for Brokenborough from Wiltshire Community History.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST915894 (Lat/Lon: 51.603538, -2.12358), Brokenborough which are provided by:
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Prior to 1858 Brokenborough fell under the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire for probate purposes. The records are held at the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.
Adrian Parry has kindly provided transcripts of the wills and other probate documents of Elizabeth Pitt (1617), Daniel Pitt (1670), and Henry Pitt (1745), all from Brokenborough.
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.