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Buttermere, Wiltshire, England

Buttermere is 5 miles S of Hungerford. Grid ref SU341610. Post code SN8 3RQ.

Modern map of the area - link to Multimap

Church Records

Information and links for indexes including a complete marriage index for Wiltshire are in a page on church records and indexes .

Indexes and registers of the church of Buttermere

There is a key to abbreviations and explanation of format of this list common to all parishes.

Description and Travel

Description in 1868:
"BUTTERMERE, a parish in the hundred of Kinwardstone, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles to the S. of Hungerford, its post town. It lies on the confines of Berkshire and Hampshire. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, value £229, in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. James."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003, please respect the conditions of use.]
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