Winterbourne Stoke
"WINTERBOURNE STOKE, a parish in the hundred of Branch and Dole, county Wilts, 4½ miles W. of Amesbury, and 8 N.W. of Salisbury. The village is situated on the road from Amesbury to Hindon and Shaftesbury. The parish comprises an extent of down land forming part of Salisbury Plain. On the downs near Conegarth are many barrows and traces of an ancient encampment. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £220. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, has recently been repaired, and the chancel rebuilt. There is a National school. Lord Ashburton is lord of the manor."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Winterbourne Stoke is 5 miles SW of Amesbury. Grid Ref SU076406. Postcode SP3 4SU. Population 272 in 1831, 205 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- St Peter, Church Street, Church of England
Church Records
- St Peter, Church Street, Church of England
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Winterbourne Stoke, St Peter:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1726-1897, Mar 1726-1975, Bur 1726-1991
- BTs before surviving registers for 1608-11, 1622-38, 1668-73, 1699-1700, 1710-
- IGI Chr 1726-1885 Batch C152321, Mar 1726-1895 Batch M152321
- VRI Chr 1880-1885
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur 1726-1837
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1608-1837
- National Burial Index 1608-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Winterbourne Stoke from the National Gazetteer (1868).