East Coulston
"EAST COULSTON, a parish in the hundred of Whorwelsdown, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles N.E. of Westbury. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, value £168, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket. Mrs. Delany, the friend of Swift, was born in the village."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
East Coulston is 5 miles NE of Westbury. Grid Ref ST952542. Postcode BA13 4LZ. Population 103 in 1831, 155 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- St Thomas of Canterbury, Church of England
Church Records
- St Thomas of Canterbury, 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 East Coulston, St Thomas à Becket:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1714-1974, Mar 1714-1994, Bur 1714-1992
- VRI Chr 1714-1812
- WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1622-1837
- White Horse Baptisms 1622-1711 (gaps) and 1714-1837
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1622-1825
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for East Coulston from the National Gazetteer (1868).