Milton Lilbourne
"MILTON LILBOURNE, a parish in the hundred of Kinwardstone, county Wilts, 2 miles N.E. of Pewsey, its post town, and 7 S. of Marlborough. The village, which is small, is chiefly agricultural. The parish includes the tythings of Milton, Fyfield, and Clinch. The Kennet and Avon canal flows through the northern part of the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sarum, value £111. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, with a square tower containing six bells. There is a National school. The Marquis of Ailesbury is lord of the manor and chief landowner."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Milton Lilborne is 2 miles E of Pewsey. Grid Ref SU189604. Postcode SN9 5LL. Population 660 in 1831, 551 in 1951.
Bibliography
- Chandler, John - Marlborough and Eastern Wiltshire. Hobnob Press, 2001. ISBN 0-946418-07-1.
- Chandler, John - Devizes and Central Wiltshire. Hobnob Press, 2003. ISBN 0-946418-16-0.
Cemeteries
- St Peter, The Street, Church of England, Milton Lilbourne
UK Graves.info has photos of the church and of some tombstones in the churchyard.
Church Records
- St Peter, The Street, Church of England, Milton Lilbourne
- St. Catherine's Chapel of Ease, Other, Clench Common
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Other, Littleworth
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, Other, Milton Lilbourne
- Private Chapel, Other, Milton Lilbourne
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Other, Milton Lilbourne
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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 Milton Lilbourne, St Peter:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1686-1991, Mar 1686-1999, Bur 1686-1992
- BTs before surviving registers for 1602-1608, 1619-1623, 1632-1635, 1667-1673, 1679
- IGI Chr 1686-1812 Batch P006761 from transcript, Chr 1813-1885 Batch C006762, Mar 1686-1812 Batch M006761 from transcript
- VRI Chr 1813-1896, Mar 1813-1837
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur 1602-1837
- White Horse Baptisms 1602-1837
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1812
- National Burial Index 1606-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Milton Lilbourne from the National Gazetteer (1868).
History
Wiltshire Community History page for Milton Lilbourne has extensive current and historical information about the parish.
The site includes a Concise History of Milton Lilbourne by John Chandler, taken from his books 'Marlborough and Eastern Wiltshire' and 'Devizes and Central Wiltshire' (see Bibliography section, above).
Vision of Britain for Milton Lilbourne also has extensive historical information about the parish.
The Victoria County History article Milton Lilbourne', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16: Kinwardstone Hundred (1999), pp. 164-181. is available online.