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"BROAD TOWN, a district parish in the parishes of Cliffe-Pypard and Broad-Hinton, hundred of Kingsbridge, in the county of Wilts, 3 miles to the S.E. of Wootton Bassett railway station. It is situated on the Downs. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value of £100, in the alternate patronage of the vicars of Cliffe-Pypard and Broad-Hinton."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Note:
Broad Town was created as a parish in 1846 from parts of Broad Hinton and Cliffe Pypard.

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Church Records

  • Common to all parishes is a WSRO registers: Chr 1847-1924, Mar 1847-1999, Bur 1847-1979

  • We are not aware of any indexes for this specific parish.

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Description & Travel

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History

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Maps

 

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU089777 (Lat/Lon: 51.498171, -1.873182), Broad Town which are provided by:

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Societies

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