Castle Eaton
"CASTLE EATON, a parish in the hundred of Highworth, Cricklade and Staple, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles to the N.W. of Highworth. Fairford is its post town. It lies on the confines of Gloucestershire, on the banks of the river Thames, and contains the tything of Lushill. The Thames and Severn canal passes near the village. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £633, in the patronage of the Rev. E. Goddard. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities are of small amount."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- St Mary the Virgin, -, Church of England
Church Records
- St Mary the Virgin, -, 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 parish church of Castle Eaton, St Mary:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1549-1970, Mar 1549-1837, Bur 1549-1994
- Phillimore Marriages 1549-1812 (vol 6)
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1796-1836
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Castle Eaton from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Castle Eaton from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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Population
Population was 302 in 1831, 227 in 1951.