Garsdon
"GARSDON, a parish in the hundred of Malmesbury, county Wilts, 2 miles N.E. of Malmesbury, its post town, and 44 S.W. of Minety, the nearest railway station on the Swindon and Cheltenham branch of the Great Western line. Tiles for land draining are manufactured at this place. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; of the value, with the vicarage of Lea annexed, of £441. The church is a modern edifice, erected on the site of the old one, and dedicated to All Saints. It has a monument of one of the Washington family. The Earl of Suffolk is lord of the manor."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Garsdon is 2 miles E of Malmesbury. Grid Ref ST967878. Postcode SN16 9NL. Population 234 in 1831.
Cemeteries
- All Saints, Church of England
Church Records
- All Saints, Church of England
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Garsdon, All Saints:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1682-1989, Mar 1682-1986, Bur 1682-1991
- BTs from 1605, with gaps
- VRI Chr 1605-1838 from BTs, Mar 1605-1837 from BTs
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Garsdon from the National Gazetteer (1868).