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"WANBOROUGH, a parish in the hundred of Kingsbridge, county Wilts, 3 miles S.E. of Swindon, its post town, and 6 S.W. of Shrivenham railway station. It is situated about a mile from the Hungerford and Swindon road, on the Roman way to Cricklade and Winton. The parish is divided into Upper and Lower Wanborough, and includes the hamlets of Hawpit and Nythe. Wanborough was formerly called Wodensbury. The manor came from the St. Amands, after the Conquest, to the Lovells. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £375, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The parochial charities produce about £12 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Wesleyans have a chapel. Ambrose Goddard, Esq., and the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, are lords of the manor."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Wanborough or Wodensburgh is 3 miles SE of Swindon. Grid Ref SU207826. Postcode SN4 0DA. Population 1,016 in 1831, 992 in 1951
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Local censuses: 1695-1705 : Tax Censuses. Part II published by Wiltshire FHS includes Wanborough.
St Andrew, Wanborough |
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 Wanborough, St Andrew:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1582-1971, Mar 1582-1990, Bur 1582-1909
- BTs with gaps from 1585
- IGI Chr 1582-1839 females Batch M152561
- VRI Chr 1582-1839, Mar 1582-1837
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur 1582-1837
- A transcription of the section for Wanborough from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Wanborough from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wanborough to another place.
- The entry for Wanborough from British History Online.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU219829 (Lat/Lon: 51.544985, -1.68623), Wanborough which are provided by:
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- 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.)
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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.