Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Leigh Delamere is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Leigh de la Mare, Leigh de la Mere

Parish church: St. Margaret

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1712
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LEIGH-DELAMERE, a parish in Chippenliam district, Wilts; 5 miles NNW of Chippenham r. station. Post town, Chippenham.

Acres, 1,227. Real property, £1,772. Pop., 113. Houses, 25. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged anciently to the Delamere family, and belongs now to Sir John Need, Bart.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £280. Patron, Sir J. Need, Bart. The church was rebuilt in 1846.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages at Leigh Delamere 1735-1812

Wiltshire Parish Registers – Marriages volume 1 – Marriages at Leigh Delamere 1735-1812 – UK Genealogy Archives

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Wiltshire, Leigh-Delamere – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Leigh Delamere and Sevington people : in the nineteenth century
Author: Hurley, John

England, Wiltshire, Leigh-Delamere – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Leigh-Delamere, 1851-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, Leigh-Delamere – Church records ( 6 )
Baptisms of 17 parishes west and north of Chippenham
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Leigh-Delamere, 1605-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh-Delamere (Wiltshire)

Leigh Delamere and Sevington people : in the nineteenth century
Author: Hurley, John

Marriages at Leigh-Delamere, 1735-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh-Delamere (Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1711-1890
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh-Delamere (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Leigh-Delamere, 1771-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh-Delamere (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Leigh-Delamere – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Leigh-Delamere, Wiltshire 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Chippenham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Malmesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Chippenham
  • Hundred: Chippenham
  • Province: Canterbury