South Wraxall
"SOUTH WRAXALL, a tything and chapelry in the parish of Bradford on Avon, county Wilts, 7 miles S.E. of Bath, 3 N. of Bradford, and 7 S. of North Wraxall. The chapelry includes the hamlets of Upper and Lower Wraxall, and has for many generations belonged to the Longs. The living is a curacy, consolidated with the neighbouring chapelry of Atworth, which together have recently been formed into a separate ecclesiastical district."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
South Wraxall was a chapelry of Bradford and is 2 miles N of Bradford. Grid Ref ST833648. Postcode BA15 2SE. Population 389 in 1831, 458 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- St James, -, Church of England
Church Records
- St James, -, Church of England
- Chapel of Barley, Other, Cumberwell
- Chapel of St. Audoen (Owen), Other
- Congregational Chapel, Other
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of South Wraxall, St James:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1672-1995, Mar 1672-1992, Bur 1672-1952
- BTs before surviving registers for 1622-23, 1626-37
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur (probably) 1622-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for South Wraxall from the National Gazetteer (1868).