Whiteparish, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Whiteparish is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Whelpley, Cowsfield Lovers, Cowsfield Estuary, Alderstone, and Abbotstone.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1621

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Whiteparish Parish Registers

Whiteparish Marriages 1560 to 1837 Wiltshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and John Sadler. Vol. XI. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane. 1911. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHITEPARISH, a parish, with a village and five tythings, in Alderbury district, Wilts; 2¾ miles S by W of Dean r. station, and 8 SE by E of Salisbury. It has a post-office under Salisbury. Acres, with Earldons extra-parochial tract, 6,284. Rated property, £5,775. Pop. in 1851, 1,344; in 1861, 1,225. Houses, 264. The property is subdivided. Melchet Park, Cowesfield House, Broxmore House, and Brickworth are chief residences. An interesting ancient farmhouse is at the entrance of the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £200. Patron, R. Bristow, Esq. The church was restored and partly rebuilt in 1869. There are two Methodist chapels, two endowed schools with £65, and charities £25.

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

Abbottstone

A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom 1808

Abbottstone, a tything in White parish, hundred of Frustfield, Wilts, 8 miles from Salisbury, and 88 from London.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Benjamin Pitts Capper. 1808.

Parish Records

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

England, Wiltshire, Whiteparish – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Whiteparish, 1621-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whiteparish (Wiltshire)

Marriages at Whiteparish, 1560-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whiteparish (Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1560-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whiteparish (Wiltshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Luckington (Wiltshire); Church of England. St. John’s Church (Devizes)

Parish registers for Whiteparish, 1560-1943
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whiteparish (Wiltshire)

Vestry minutes book and miscellaneous parish records 1725-1836, Whiteparish, Wiltshire
Author: Whiteparish (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Whiteparish – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court rolls in Cowesfield-Esturmy, Wiltshire, 1561-1562.
Author: Manor of Cowesfield-Esturmy. Court (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Whiteparish – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Creed registers, ca. 1900-1925
Author: Alderbury and Salisbury Union (Wiltshire)

Vestry minutes book and miscellaneous parish records 1725-1836, Whiteparish, Wiltshire
Author: Whiteparish (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Whiteparish – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Whiteparish, Wiltshire 1780-1833
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Alderbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Amesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Alderbury
  • Hundred: Frustfield
  • Province: Canterbury