England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Kingston Deverill lies southwestern Wiltshire not too far from its mutual border with neighbouring Somerset and also Dorset. Kingston Deverill is a small and compact village lying around 6 miles south of the market town of Warminster and sitting on the B3095 road which connects Warminster with Mere. Kingston Deverill sits in the valley of the River Wylye between two rising chalk downs, the river here cutting a deep path through the chalk. The countryside around and the economy was driven by sheep rearing, the chalky clay soils proving too thin for agriculture, today all has changed as heavy machinery makes light work of these soils and the downs are now largely arable. The Wylye drains north, turn east and then south to join, in turn, the Nadder and then the Wiltshire Avon close to Salisbury before heading to the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour. Kingston Deverill is sited at 130 metres above the sea but sits between two swelling downs, which reach 246 metres on White Sheet Hill to the south and 284 metres on Brimsdown Hill to the northwest. Kingston Deverill parish was fairly typically sized for this area, covering just over 2,600 acres it would have supported around 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Kingston Deverill was a tiny place indeed, held by the Canons of Lisieux Abbey it could offer just a pair of ploughs and small meadows & pastures. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 11th February 1760 - 21st April 1793 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre | Bishop's Transcripts on loose-leaf folios | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Early years are missing and quality of those that exist varies from excellent to rather poor, it is certain some omissions will not be recorded and a few misreads are possible too. |
2 | 1st August 1793 - 11th October 1812 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference PR168/1/5 | 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 | 12th April 1813 - 11th August 1836 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - Reference PR168/1/6 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Maiden
Bradley All Saints
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Brixton
Deverill St Michael
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Brixton
Deverill St Michael
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Maiden
Bradley All Saints
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Monkton
Deverill King Alfred the Great
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Maiden
Bradley All Saints
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Mere
St Michael
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