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"STEEPLE ASHTON, a parish, township, parish, and large village, in the hundred and division of Whorwellsdown, in the county of Wilts, 4 miles to the N.E. of Westbury, the same E. of Trowbridge, its post town, and 9 S.E. of Devizes. It lies a little to the S. of the Kennet and Avon canal, and contains the chapelries of West Ashton and Semington, and the tythings of Hinton and Littleton. It was formerly a market town, and the surrounding district was a common. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury, value with the perpetual curacy of Semington, £852, in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
The church is a large edifice, in the perpendicular style, partly erected in 1480. It has a battlemented tower, which was formerly surmounted with a lofty spire. From this spire, which was destroyed by a storm in 1670, the parish took the addition to its name. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. In addition to the parish church there is a district church at the village of West Ashton. There area Primitive Methodist chapel and a National school. There is a small endowment for educational purposes. Petty sessions are held here, and a fair takes place on the 18th September. The parish contains 6,789 acres, chiefly the property of Walter Long, Esq., M. P., lord of the manor, who resides at Rood Ashton House, a handsome Gothic mansion, a little west of the village."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Steeple Ashton is 3 miles SE of Trowbridge. Grid Ref ST905571. Postcode BA14 6EJ. Population 1,231 in 1951.
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Berrett, LaMar - Down Berrett Lane; the Steeple Ashton Berrett Family from 1604 to 1978.
Reed, F.F. - History of the Silverthorn family.
Goddard, Julie - The crime of Moses Angel.
The Friends of Steeple Ashton - Steeple Ashton; Village Guide and History.
Smith, Betty - Our Wiltshire Village; Steeple Ashton [a more recent history with coloured illustrations]
Miscellaneous Censuses. 1695-1887: Part I published by Wiltshire FHS includes Steeple Ashton 1770.
Common to all parishes is a Church Records and Indexes for Wiltshire, including a complete Marriage Index for the county.
Indexes and registers of the parish church of Steeple Ashton, St Mary the Virgin:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1538-1856, Mar 1558-1987, Bur 1538-1900
- BTs with gaps from 1584
- White Horse Baptisms 1701-1800
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1812
- Pew Lists published by Wiltshire FHS includes Steeple Ashton c.1760 and 1888.
- A transcription of the section for Steeple Ashton from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Steeple Ashton to another place.
- The entry for Steeple Ashton from British History Online.
A brief History of Steeple Ashton, provided by Julie Goddard.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST889575 (Lat/Lon: 51.316706, -2.160744), Steeple Ashton which are provided by:
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- 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.