West Harnham
"WEST HARNHAM, a parish in the hundred of Cawden, county Wilts, 1 mile S.W. of Salisbury, its post town. It is situated near the river Avon, and is a small straggling village. The tithes were partly commuted for land and money payments under an Enclosure Act in 1783, and the remainder have been commuted for a rent-charge of £50. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage* of Coombe Bisset, in the diocese of Sarum. The church, dedicated to St. George, is an ancient brick and flint structure with a square tower. The parochial charities produce about £5 per annum."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
West Harnham is 2 miles SW of Salisbury. Grid Ref SU135293. Postcode SP2 8HA. Population 256 in 1831, in 1951.
Cemeteries
- All Saints, Harnham Road, Church of England, East Harnham
- St George, Lower Street, Church of England
Church Records
- All Saints, Harnham Road, Church of England, East Harnham
- St George, Lower Street, Church of England
- Methodist Church, Other
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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 Harnham, St George:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1567-1972, Mar 1568-1987, Bur 1567-1956
- BTs with gaps from 1567
- IGI Mar 1567-1836 from BTs Batch M154771
- VRI Chr 1567-1881, Mar 1589-1854 from BTs
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for West Harnham from the National Gazetteer (1868).