Barford St Martin, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Barford St Martin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: St Martin Barford

Parish church: St. Martin

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1623

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARFORD (St Martin), a parish in Wilton district, Wilts; on a tributary of the river Avon, 3 miles W of Wilton r. station, and 5½ W by N of Salisbury. It has a post-office under Salisbury. Acres, inclusive of the extra-parochial tract of Grovely Wood, 2,236. Real property, together with Baverstock, £5,984. Pop., 519. Houses, 116. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £577. Patron, All Souls’ College, Oxford. The church is good; and there is an Independent chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Wiltshire, Barford-St. Martin – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Barford-St. Martin, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, Barford-St. Martin – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Barford St. Martin, 1623-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barford St. Martin (Wiltshire)

Rate book, 1805-1806 and churchwardens account book, 1809-1860
Author: Barford St. Martin (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Barford-St. Martin – Land and property ( 1 )
Rate book, 1805-1806 and churchwardens account book, 1809-1860
Author: Barford St. Martin (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Barford-St. Martin – Manors ( 1 )
Estate survey in Barford-St. Martin, Wiltshire, 1652-1653
Author: Manor of Barford-St. Martin (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Barford-St. Martin – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Barford St. Martin, Wiltshire, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

FamilySearch Historical Records

Directories

Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire and the Isle of Wight 1889

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wilton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Chalke
  • Poor Law Union: Wilton
  • Hundred: Cawden and Cadworth
  • Province: Canterbury