Baydon, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Status: Ecclesiastical Parish

Parish church: St. Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1673
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist and Baptist

Parishes adjacent to Baydon

Hinton Parva
Lambourn
Bishopstone
Aldbourne
Wanborough
Ramsbury with Axford
Lambourn Woodlands
Ashbury

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