Winterbourne Bassett
"WINTERBOURNE-BASSETT, a parish in the hundred of Selkley, county Wilts, 7 miles N.W. of Marlborough, and 5½ S. of Wootton-Bassett. It is bounded on the N. and E. by extensive downs, over which are scattered numerous Druid stones and barrows. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £635, in the patronage of Magdalene College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, or St. Katherine, was restored in 1857. It contains a carved font and monuments of the Baskerville family, who long resided here. The register commences in 1681. There is a parochial school."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Winterbourne Bassett is 8 miles NW of Marlborough. Grid Ref SU102749. Postcode SN4 9PU. Population 288 in 1831, 163 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- St Katharine & St Peter, -, Church of England
Church Records
- St Katharine & St Peter, -, Church of England
- Methodist Chapel, Other
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Winterbourne Bassett, St Katherine & St Peter:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1681-1900, Mar 1727-1982, Bur 1724-1975
- BTs before surviving registers for 1607-09, 1619-23, 1632-35, 1666-79, 1710-11, 1720-22, 1725-26
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur 1607-1837
- White Horse Baptisms 1607-1840 with gaps
- National Burial Index 1607-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Winterbourne Bassett from the National Gazetteer (1868).