Nunton and Bodenham
"NUNTON, a parish in the hundred of Downton, county Wilts, 3½ miles S.E. of Salisbury, its post town, and 98½ from London. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Avon, and is wholly agricultural. The living is a curacy* annexed to the vicarage of Downton, in the diocese of Sarum. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. There is a National school. The Baptists have a place of worship. New Hall is the principal residence."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Nunton was a chapelry in the parish of Downton. Nunton is 2 miles South of Salisbury, Nunton is at Grid Ref SU160260. Bodenham is adjacent to the East and is by the river Avon.
Cemeteries
- St Andrew, -, Church of England, Nunton
Church Records
- St Andrew, -, Church of England, Nunton
- Baptist Chapel, Other, Bodenham
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Nunton and Bodenham, St Andrew:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1672-1906, Mar 1672-1974, Bur 1672-1965
- BTs before surviving registers for 1623-38, 1670-
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Nunton from the National Gazetteer (1868).