Baydon is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Wiltshire, created in 1793 from a chapelry in Ramsbury with Axford Ancient Parish.
Parish church: St. Nicholas
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1673
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist and Baptist
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Parishes adjacent to Baydon
- Hinton Parva
- Lambourn, Berkshire
- Bishopstone
- Aldbourne
- Wanborough
- Ramsbury with Axford
- Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire
- Ashbury, Berkshire
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BAYDON, a parish in the district of Hungerford and county of Wilts; on the verge of the county, 3½ miles WSW of Lambourne, and 7 SSE of Shrivenham r. station. It has a post office under Hungerford. Acres, 3,060. Real property, £2,892. Pop., 380. Houses, 81. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £110. Patron, the Rev. A. Meyrick. The church was repaired in 1860. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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: Hungerford
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post-1846 – Marlborough
- Poor Law Union: Hungerford
- Hundred: Ramsbury
- Province: Canterbury