Pitton and Farley
"PITTON, a chapelry and township in the parish and hundred of Alderbury, county Wilts, 3 miles N.E. of Salisbury, its post town. The township, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The living is a curacy, annexed to the vicarage* of Alderbury, in the diocese of Sarum. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure. The charities consist of Fox's hospital, founded in 1688 for 12 persons, and for teaching 20 children. There is a National school."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Pitton and Farley were chapelries in the parish of Alderbury, and are both 4 miles East of Salisbury. Pitton is a mile North of Farley. Pitton is at Grid Ref SU213315, Farley at SU225296. Population of Farley 254 in 1831, Pitton & Farley 452 in 1951
Cemeteries
- St Peter and All Saints, Church Road, Church of England
Church Records
- St Peter and All Saints, Church Road, Church of England
- All Saints, Other, Farley
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Other, Farley
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Other, Pitton
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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 chapels of Pitton, St Peter, and Farley, All Saints: chapelries of the parish of Alderbury until 1874:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1661-1867, Mar 1669-1989, Bur 1669-1990
- BTs (some in Alderbury BTs) before surviving registers for 1605-6
- WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1605-06 and 1664-1837
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Pitton from the National Gazetteer (1868).