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"ALTON-PRIORS, a chapelry in the parish of Overton, in the hundred of Elstub and Everley, in the county of Wilts, 7 miles to the E. of Devizes. It contains the tything of West Stowell, which was one of the possessions of the priory of Winchester. The living is a perpetual curacy united with the vicarage of Overton in the diocese of Salisbury. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, contains a brass of the year 1528."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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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.
| All Saints, Alton Priors |
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Common to all parishes is a description of Church Records and Indexes for Wiltshire, including a complete Marriage Index for the county.
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Alton Priors, All Saints:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1664-1976, Mar 1702-1961, Bur 1664-1984
- White Horse Baptisms 1605,1619-21,1633,1644-1840
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1664-1837
- A transcription of the section for Alton Priors from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Alton Priors from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Alton Priors to another place.
- The entry for Alton Priors from British History Online.
- The entry for Alton Priors from Wiltshire Community History.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU111623 (Lat/Lon: 51.359663, -1.841968), Alton Priors which are provided by:
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- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.