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Warminster is a town 21 miles NW of Salisbury, 12 miles South of Bath. Grid Ref ST874452. Postcode BA12 9AD. Population 6,115 in 1831, 7,660 in 1951. The historic parish is St Denys. Christchurch, Warminster was built in 1831 and became a parish in 1838.
Common to all parishes is a key to abbreviations and a description of church records and indexes for Wiltshire.
Indexes and registers of the parish church of Warminster, St Denys
Indexes and registers of the chapel of St Lawrence Warminster (in the parish of St Denys)
Indexes and registers of the church of Warminster St John, Boreham (created from St Denys in 1896)
Indexes and registers of the Independent church, New Meeting House, at Common Close, Warminster
Indexes and registers of the Wesleyan Methodist church of George Street, Warminster
Indexes and registers of the Presbyterian or Unitarian church, Old Meeting House, of Warminster
'Virtual Warminster' is a website with information including a timeline and a bibliography.
David Hawgood has a one-place study of Warminster, with a card index of 600 people. His web page Warminster, Wiltshire, England - Inhabitants 1830-1852 lists the ten sources used, which include Trade Directories, the 1841 census, the first shareholders of the Gas and Coke Company, and subscribers and beneficiaries in local charities including the Blanket Lending Charity.
Parish Magazine Index 1901-1902 is from Paul Benyon, index by Judy Ramsey.
