Aldbourne, Wiltshire Genealogy

England   Wiltshire   Wiltshire Parishes

Parish History
ALDBOURN (St. Michael), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Hungerford, hundred of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, 6 miles (N. E.) from Marlborough. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 26-31. Date accessed: 12 August 2013. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50748

ALDBOURNE, a village and a parish in the district of Hungerford and county of Wiltshire. The village stands 7 miles NW of Hungerford railway station, and 9 SE of Swindon.

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.

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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