Hide
Bishopstrow
hide
Hide
hide
Hide
hide
Hide
Hide
"BISHOPSTROW, a parish in the hundred of Warminster, in the county of Wilts, not far from Warminster, its post town. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £220, in the patronage of Sir F. D. Astley, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Adeline. Roman urns and many brass coins have been found here. There are remains of a large earthwork on Whiten Hill, near the village. The principal residence is Bishopstrow House."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Hide
-
Common to all parishes is a Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1749-1837
- A transcription of the section for Bishopstrow from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Bishopstrow from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bishopstrow to another place.
- The entry for Bishopstrow from British History Online.
- The entry for Bishopstrow from Wiltshire Community History.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST902458 (Lat/Lon: 51.210965, -2.141004), Bishopstrow which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- 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.