Archives and Libraries

• The Museum of the Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Society, at 41 Long Street, Devizes, SN10 1NS has the finest Bronze Age archaeology collection in England with much material from the World Heritage Sites of Avebury and Stonehenge. The history of Wiltshire and the town is shown in displays and the collections are often used as a point of reference in TV programmes. The Museum is open daily throughout the year - more details on the Wiltshire Heritage Library and Museum website.

• The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust Museum is on the Wharf overlooking the canal. It tells the tale of the construction, operation, closure and restoration of the canal.

Cemeteries

• Devizes Cemetery, Dyehouse Lane, Cemetery

• St John the Baptist, Long Street, Church of England
• St Mary the Virgin, New Park Street, Church of England

Church Records

• Maryport Street Baptist Church, Rendells Court, Baptist
• Sheep Street Baptist Church, Sheep Street, Baptist

• St John the Baptist, Long Street, Church of England
• St Mary the Virgin, New Park Street, Church of England
• St Peter, Bath Road, Church of England

• St Mary, Northgate Street, Congregational

• St Andrew, Long Street, Methodist / URC

• Congregational Chapel, Other
• Devizes Christian Fellowship, New Park Street, Other
• Exclusive Brethren, Other
• Latter Day Saints, Other
• Methodist Chapel, Other
• New Baptist Church, Other
• Old Baptist Church, Other
• Open Brethren, Other
• Presbyterian Chapel, Other
• Primitive Methodist Chapel, Other
• Salem Baptist Chapel, Other
• Salvation Army, Other
• St Francis de Sales, Other
• St Thomas, Other
• The Society of Friends, Other

• Quaker Meeting House, Sussex Wharf, Quakers

• Our Lady of the Immcaulate Conception, St Joseph's Place, Roman Catholic

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Devizes area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.

If you keep this page loaded for a very long time and the database is updated since loading it, the church links above may become stale and may display the wrong church. If this happens, reloading this page will correct them.

• 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 Devizes, Particular Baptist:

  • IGI Bir 1772-1837 Batch C093131 (RG4 2230)
  • White Horse Baptisms 1775-1837 (list says Devizes Peculiar Baptists)

• Indexes and registers of the church of Devizes, Presbyterian:

  • IGI Chr 1781-1836 Batch C077731 (RG4 2231)
  • White Horse Baptisms 1780-1836

• Indexes and registers of the church of Devizes, St Mary Independent:
  (or St Mary's Chapel, Independent)

  • IGI Chr 1774-1837 Batch C077741 (RG4 3328, 2591)

• Indexes and registers of the church of Devizes, St Mary, Wesleyan or Methodist:
  (which was in New Park Street and later (1898) in Long Street)

  • IGI Chr 1822-1837 Batch C077751 (RG4 2232)
  • White Horse Baptisms 1822-1837

Description and Travel

• Devizes Official Website has description, history and photographs.

Gazetteers

• A transcription of the section for Devizes from the National Gazetteer (1868).

• The entry for Devizes from A Vision of Britain through time.

• Ask for the gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Devizes to another place.

History

• The entry for Devizes from British History Online.

Maps

• View maps of Devizes and places within its boundaries.

Population

• Population was 4,562 in 1831, 7,897 in 1951.