Brixton Deverill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606; 1608; 1622
Nonconformists include: Independent Methodist
Parishes adjacent to Brixton Deverill
- Hill Deverill
- Pertwood
- Maiden Bradley
- Monkton Deverill
- Sutton Veny
- Longbridge Deverill with Crockerton
- Kingston Deverill
- Chicklade
- Tytherington
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BRIXTON-DEVERILL, a parish in Warminster district, Wilts; on a headstream of the river Wiley, and on the Roman road to Salisbury, 5 miles S of Warminster r. station. Post Town, Longbridge-Deverill, under Warminster. Acres, 2,450. Real property, £2,076. Pop., 225. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. Alfred halted here a night on his march against the Danes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £480. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church was repaired in 1862.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| Richard Randal, of Brixton Deveril, & Mary Ball 13 Apr. 1702 | Mere |
| Thomas Roffe & Sarah Gilbert, of Brixston Deveril 26 Dec. 1719 | Mere |
Parish Records
FamilySearch
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: Warminster
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Wylye
- Poor Law Union: Warminster
- Hundred: Heytesbury
- Province: Canterbury
