England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Calne is located in north central Wiltshire about 5 miles southeast of the larger market town of Chippenham. Calne, itself, is a market town albeit smaller than its near neighbours. Calne sits at the junction of the A4 (London to Bath) road with the A3102 (Lyneham to Melksham). Calne grew up at the foot of the Wiltshire Downs on a shelf of lower lying land to the west of the main chalk escarpment of the Downs. This position gave Calne access to the products of the vast sheep-runs that were the Wiltshire Downs and for many centuries wool and the production of cloth underpinned the market town's economy. Nowadays that industry has disappeared but Calne is still an important market for the local area as well as supporting many small business enterprises. Calne has a long history with Roman remains found within the town indicating very early occupation, its centre grew up where the A4 crosses the infant River Marden and much of early Calne lies along this road, today Calne has expanded notably northwards and the A3102 now bypasses to the west. The River Marden drains the parish to the northwest joining the Avon at Chippenham and reaching the Bristol Channel through Bristol and the Avon Gorge. Calne is sited at 70 metres above the sea but to its east land rises on to The Downs and local heights reach 258 metres on Morgan's Hill, around 3 miles southeast of the town. Calne parish, which incorporated the chapelry of Blackland (which held its own marriages), was one of Wiltshire's larger parishes, it covered over 21,500 acres and supported a population of almost 5,000 parishioners most in the town itself. In Domesday time Calne was held directly by King William, it was already a wealthy place with 34 ploughs, meadows, pastures & woodland and an impressive 9 mills. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 29th April 1754 - 30th December 1759 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR056/1/19 | Plain, ruled book containing Marriages | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 17th January 1760 - 28th April 1766 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR056/1/20 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 6th May 1766 - 1st September 1779 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR056/1/21 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 27th September 1779 - 11th April 1785 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR056/1/22 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
5 | 4th May 1785 - 5th February 1798 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR056/1/23 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | A combination of fading with a very small hand makes for tricky reading and a possibility of a few misreads |
6 | 15th March 1798 - 26th December 1812 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR056/1/24 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | A combination of fading with a very small hand makes for tricky reading and a possibility of a few misreads |
7 | 3rd January 1813 - 27th April 1837 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR056/1/25 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | A combination of fading with a very small hand makes for tricky reading and a possibility of a few misreads. From 1820 onwards the register is considerably improved in quality |
Chippenham
St Andrew
Bremhill St Martin |
Hilmarton
St Lawrence
Cherhill St James |
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Chippenham
St Andrew
Lacock St Cyriac |
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Heddington
St Andrew
Bishops Canning St Mary |
Bishops
Canning St Mary
Calstone Wellington St Mary |
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