Erlestoke
"EARL STOKE, a chapelry in the parish of Melksham, in the hundred of Melksham, county Wilts, 3 miles W. of Market Lavington, and 6 N.E. of Westbury, its post town and nearest railway station. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage of Melksham, in the diocese of Salisbury. The chapel-of-ease is a small ancient structure of stone. Earl Stoke Park is the principal residence. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act obtained in 1777."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Erlestoke or Earl Stoke is 6 miles NE of Westbury and is a chapelry in Melksham . Grid Ref ST965539. Postcode SN10 5TY. Population 420 in 1831, 843 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- Holy Saviour, High Street, Church of England
Church Records
- Holy Saviour, High Street, Church of England
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Church Records
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Erlestoke, St Saviour:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1689-1992, Mar 1694-1996, Bur 1689-1961
- IGI Chr 1578-1680 and 1877-1880 BTs Batch C152742
- VRI Chr 1681-1876, Mar 1689-1852
- WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1578-1837
- White Horse Baptisms 1578-1837
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1637-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Earl Stoke from the National Gazetteer (1868).