Yatton Keynell
"YATTON KEYNELL, a parish in the hundred of Chippenham, county Wilts, 4½ miles N.W. of Chippenham, and 12 N.E. of Bath. There are quarries of freestone for building and paving. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £520. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. The Baptists have a chapel. There is a free school, supported by the Rev. H. K. Boldero."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Yatton Keynell is 4 miles NW of Chippenham. Grid Ref ST866763. Postcode SN14 7LQ. Population 419 in 1831, 426 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- St Margaret of Antioch, The Street, Church of England
Census
If you have been unable to find the 1841 census for this parish, Wiltshire and Swindon Archives website provides the answer as one of their Wiltshire History Questions.
Church Records
- St Margaret of Antioch, The Street, Church of England
- Congregational Chapel, Other
- Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, Other
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Yatton Keynell, St Margaret:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1653-1952, Mar 1653-1988, Bur 1653-1921
- BTs before surviving registers for 1619-20, 1632-33
- IGI Mar 1653-1837 Batch M155142
- VRI Chr 1653-1908
- Phillimore Marriages 1653-1812 (vol 2)
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Yatton Keynell from the National Gazetteer (1868).