England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Cholderton lies in southeastern Wiltshire forming a short stretch of the border with neighbouring Hampshire. Cholderton is located roughly 5 miles east of the market town of Amesbury and sits on the A338 road which connects Salisbury with the busy A303 from London to Exeter. Cholderton is a small village grouped around a pair of road junctions with minor lanes and is dominated by the estate of Cholderton Lodge. It is likely that Cholderton was a closed parish with most land in single ownership discouraging inward migration and leading to a small settlement. The area around the parish is intensively arable with cereals dominating as the main crop. Cholderton is drained southwards by the River Bourne which merges with the Wiltshire Avon at Salisbury before reaching the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour. Cholderton is sited at around 90 metres above the sea but chalk hills rise all around peaking at just short of 200 metres on nearby Beacon Hills. Cholderton was fairly typically sized for its area, covering a little under 1,700 acres it would have supported a population of close to 150 parishioners. In Domesday times Cholderton was equally small, shared by 3 landholders it could muster just 6 plough and some small pastures. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 1754 - 1794 | There are no surviving register covering this period | |||
2 | 31st January 1796 - 5th November 1812 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre | Bishops Transcripts on loose-leaf folios | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | Whilst all entries found were readable there are omissions and years where only baptisms and burials were recorded leading to a certainty of omission. |
3 | 17th January 1814 - 22nd October 1836 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference - PR075/1/3 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Shipton
Bellinger St Peter, Hampshire
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Shipton
Bellinger St Peter, Hampshire
Thruston St Peter & St Paul, Hampshire |
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Amport
St Mary, Hampshire
Quarley St Michael, Hampshire |
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Amesbury
St Mary & St Melor
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Newton
Tony St Andrew
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Grateley
St Leonard, Hampshire
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