Easton Royal Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Easton Royal is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Easton

Parish church: Holy Trinity

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1580
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EASTON, a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts; near the Kennet and Avon canal and the Berks and Hants railway, 3¼ miles E of Pewsey r. station, and 6¼ S by E of Marlborough. Post town, Burbage, under Marlborough. Acres, 2,080. Real property, £2,911. Pop., 463. Houses, 100.

The property is all in one estate. Easton Hill is crowned with a barrow. A priory or hospital for Trinitarian canons was founded here, by Archdeacon Stephens, in the time of Henry III.; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Seymours. The living is a donative in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, the Marquis of Aylesbury.

The church was built in 1591 by the family of the Protector; and is very good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £26.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

EASTON (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Pewsey, hundred of Kinwardstone, Everley and Pewsey, and S. divisions of Wilts, 3¼ miles (E. by N.) from Pewsey; containing 532 inhabitants.

A priory was founded at this place in the reign of Henry III., by Stephen, Archdeacon of Salisbury, for canons of the Trinitarian order, for the redemption of captives; it flourished till the Dissolution, when its revenues amounted to £55. 14. 4.

The parish comprises by computation 2200 acres: a pleasure-fair is held on Trinity-Monday.

The living is a royal donative, in the patronage of the Marquess of Ailesbury, who pays the chaplain.

The church was built by Edward, Earl of Hertford, son of the Protector, in 1591, at a short distance from the site of the priory, which, with its church and conventual buildings, had been previously destroyed. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Wiltshire, Easton-Royal

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

England, Wiltshire, Easton – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Easton, 1607-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Easton (Wiltshire)

Hungerford, Marlborough & Wantage : Wesleyan Methodist Circuits historic roll 1899-1904
Author: EurekA Partnership

Parish register transcripts, 1582-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Easton (Wiltshire)

Parish register, Easton Royal, Wiltshire, England, christenings, 1580-1541; marriages, 1582-1741; burials, 1588-1741
Author: Colliard, Arthur M.; Church of England. Parish Church of Easton (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Easton, 1580-1913
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Easton (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Easton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Easton Royal parish, Wiltshire, England (1580-1741)

England, Wiltshire, Easton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Easton, Wiltshire 1780-1881
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Pewsey
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Marlborough
  • Poor Law Union: Pewsey
  • Hundred: Kinwardstone
  • Province: Canterbury