Hannington, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Hannington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1571
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HANNINGTON, a village and a parish in Highworth district, Wilts. The village stands 2 miles W by N of Highworth, 2 S of the river Thames at the boundary with Gloucester, and 7 NE of Swindon Junction r. station; is a pretty place, built in the form of the letter Y; and has a post office under Swindon.

The parish comprises 2,412 acres. Real property, with Inglesham and Lynt, £6,469. Pop., 378. Houses, 81. Hannington bridge leads over the Thames into Gloucestershire; and Hannington-Wick has a fine view.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £131. Patrons, the Trustees of the late Col. Freke. The church is good, has a square tower, and contains monuments of the Frekes.

There are a chapel of ease at Hannington-Wick, a free school, and charities £50.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Wiltshire, Hannington – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Hannington, 1607-1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hannington (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Hannington, 1571-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hannington (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Hannington – History ( 1 )
Hannington, the records of a Wiltshire parish
Author: Fry, Claude B.

England, Wiltshire, Hannington – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Out relief from the board of guardians’ minutes of Highworth & Swindon Union, 1842-1879
Author: Hurley, Beryl; Hassell, Margory; Highworth and Swindon Union (Wiltshire); Wiltshire Family History Society

Poor law records, 1866-1914
Author: Highworth and Swindon Union (Wiltshire)

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

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Highworth
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Cricklade
  • Poor Law Union: Highworth and Swindon
  • Hundred: Highworth, Cricklade and Staple
  • Province: Canterbury