Bremhill, Wiltshire Genealogy

England   Wiltshire  Wiltshire Parishes

Parish History
BREMHILL (St. Martin), a parish, chiefly in the union of Calne, but partly in that of Chippenham, hundred of Chippenham, Chippenham and Calne, and N. divisions of Wilts, 4¼ miles (E.) from Chippenham; with the living of Highway annexed. At Foxham is a chapel. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 353-357. Date accessed: 19 August 2013. british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50826#s16

BREMHILL, or Bremble, a village and a parish in Calne district, Wiltshire. The village stands on the Roman road to Bath, near the Wiltshire and Berks canal, 2¾ miles SE of the Great Western railway, and 4 E by N of Chippenham.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Wiltshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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