West Grimstead
"WEST GRIMSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of Alderbury, county Wilts, 4 miles S.E. of Salisbury, its post town, and 10 N.W. of Romsey. The Salisbury branch of the London and South-Western railway has a station at West Dean, about 3½ miles E. of this village. The surface is undulating, and a considerable part covered with coppice-wood. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £260. The living is a rectory with the curacy of Plaitford annexed. The church is a small and old structure of flint, with quoins of freestone. The register commences in 1717. The Wesleyans have a place of worship and a day school. There is also a parochial school. The charities produce about £12 per annum."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
West Grimstead is 5 miles SE of Salisbury. Grid Ref SU212267. Postcode SP5 3RE. Population 186 in 1831, 310 in 1951 for Grimstead.
Cemeteries
- St John, Church of England
Church Records
- St John, Church of England
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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 West Grimstead, St John:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1717-1982, Mar 1717-1982, Bur 1717-1983
- BTs before surviving registers for 1622-29, 1632-38, 1664-75, 1711-
- VRI Chr 1622-1910, Mar 1622-1905
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1784-1840
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for West Grimstead from the National Gazetteer (1868).
History
Village History, transcripts of Census, Church, Methodist Chapel, and War Memorial, &c. - A History of West Grimstead and the Read Family - website from Elaine Read.