Buttermere
"BUTTERMERE, a parish in the hundred of Kinwardstone, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles to the S. of Hungerford, its post town. It lies on the confines of Berkshire and Hampshire. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, value £229, in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. James."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- St James the Great, Church Lane, Church of England
Church Records
- St James the Great, Church Lane, Church of England
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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 church of Buttermere, St James:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1720-1812 and 1916-1952, Mar 1720-1950, Bur 1720-1967
- VRI Chr 1720-1812, Mar 1728-1842
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1813-1848
- White Horse Baptisms 1728-1812
- National Burial Index 1606-1837
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Buttermere from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Buttermere from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Buttermere from British History Online.
Maps
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