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Chute Forest

Primary tabs

"CHUTE FOREST, an extra-parochial place, in the hundred of Kindwardstone, in the county of Wilts, near the above. It was anciently a forest stretching into the county of Hants."

Note:
Chute Forest was an extra-parochial district until 1875.

Churches

Anglican
St Mary, Chute Forest

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Chute Forest area or see them printed on a map.

Church Records

Common to all parishes is a VRI Chr 1871-1906, Mar 1877-1906

Description and Travel

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Gazetteers

A transcription of the section for Chute Forest from the National Gazetteer (1868).

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Historical Geography

You can see the administrative areas in which Chute Forest has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

History

The entry for Chute Forest from British History Online.

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU312515 (Lat/Lon: 51.261402, -1.55448), Chute Forest which are provided by:

This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
Google Streetview
StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
OpenStreetMap
Bing (was Multimap)
OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
National Library of Scotland (Best site for old 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)
Elgin Road Works
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Population

Population was 110 in 1831, 98 in 1951.

Societies

Wiltshire Family History Society

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.