Warminster
"WARMINSTER, a parish, post and market town, in the hundred of Warminster, county Wilts, 4 miles S. of Westbury, and 9 from Trowbridge. It is a station on the Wilts and Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, on the river Willey, and near the south-western boundary of Salisbury Plain. It is a petty sessions and polling town, including the hamlets of Boreham and Bugley. Warminster is mentioned in Domesday Book as Guersminstre, and having been held in demesne by Edward the Confessor paid neither Danegeld nor Hidage. The manor subsequently came through the Mauduits, Hungerfords, Howards, and others, to the Thynnes, of Longleat."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
The historic parish is St Denys.
Cemeteries
- St John, Boreham Road, Church of England, Boreham
- Christchurch, Deverill Road, Church of England
- St Denys, Bath Road, Church of England
Church Records
- St John, Boreham Road, Church of England, Boreham
- Christchurch, Deverill Road, Church of England
- St Denys, Bath Road, Church of England
- Baptist Chapel, Other
- Church of Christ Scientist, Other
- Church of St. John, Other
- Church of St. Laurence, Other
- Congregational Church, Other
- Independent Methodist Chapel, Other
- Methodist Chapel, Other
- Methodist Chapel, Other
- Salvation Army Citadel, Other
- St. Giles Garrison Church, Other
- The United Church, Other
- United Reform Church, Other
- St George, Boreham Road, Roman Catholic
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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 Warminster, St Denys:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1556-1965, Mar 1556-1999, Bur 1556-1986
- BTs with gaps from 1608
- IGI Mar 1779-1895 from BTs Batch M153341
- VRI Chr 1556-1898, Mar 1556-1906
Indexes and registers of the chapel of Warminster, St Lawrence: (in the parish of St Denys)
- WSRO registers: Chr 1821-1858
- VRI Chr 1821-1858
Indexes and registers of the church of Warminster, St John, Boreham:
(created from St Denys in 1896)- WSRO registers: Mar 1896-1997
- VRI Chr 1865-1880
Indexes and registers of Warminster, Independent church, New Meeting House, at Common Close:
Indexes and registers of Warminster, Wesleyan Methodist church of George Street:
Indexes and registers of Warminster, Presbyterian or Unitarian church, Old Meeting House:
Description and Travel
'Virtual Warminster' is a website with information including a timeline and a bibliography.
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Warminster from the National Gazetteer (1868).
Genealogy
Parish Magazine Index 1901-1902 is from Paul Benyon, index by Judy Ramsey.
Population
Population was 6,115 in 1831, 7,660 in 1951.