Great Somerford
"GREAT SOMERFORD, a parish in the hundred of Malmesbury, county Wilts, 7 miles N. of Chippenham, its post town, and 4 S.E. of Malmesbury. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Avon, and is chiefly agricultural. The parish includes the hamlet of Startley. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £447, in the patronage of Exeter College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, has a square embattled tower containing four bells. The interior contains several tablets. There is a school for both sexes. Mrs. Birtill is lady of the manor."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Great Somerford is 4 miles SE of Malmesbury. Grid Ref ST964831. Postcode SN15 5JB. Population 500 in 1831, 482 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- St Peter & St Paul, Church of England
Church Records
- St Peter & St Paul, Church of England
- New Apostolic Church, Other
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, Other
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, Other, Startley
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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 Great Somerford, St Peter & St Paul:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1707-1971, Mar 1707-1992, Bur 1707-1918
- BTs from 1605, with gaps
- IGI Chr 1688-1812 Batches
J044192 and K044192, Chr 1813-1875 Batch C044191,
Mar 1605-1753 Batch M044192 and 1754-1875 Batch M044191 - WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1605-1837
- Phillimore Marriages 1707-1812 (vol 6)
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1605-1837
- National Burial Index 1605-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Great Somerford from the National Gazetteer (1868).