Sutton Benger
"SUTTON-BENGER, a parish in the hundred of Malmesbury, county Wilts, 4 miles N.E. of Chippenham, its post town, and 36 N.W. of Salisbury. The village is situated on the river Avon and the Great Western railway. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £285, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a free school, entirely supported by the Rev. G. T. March. Viscount Wellesley is lord of the manor."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Sutton Benger is 5 miles NE of Chippenham. Grid Ref ST947787. Postcode SN15 4RH. Population 443 in 1831, 664 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- All Saints, Church of England
Church Records
- All Saints, Church of England
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Other
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Sutton Benger, All Saints:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1653-1886, Mar 1654-1995, Bur 1653-1918
- BTs before surviving registers for 1605-09, 1620-23, 1632-35
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Sutton Benger from the National Gazetteer (1868).