Chisledon, Wiltshire – Parish Registers
(Holy Cross)
The information has not been validated and should be verified before using.
Register entries are listed chronologically (register order). An “?” denotes that the entry is either illegible, faint or water damaged.
The Parish Register has been only part transcribed. There are missing years.
Where did these Pope’s move from, before 1710?
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1641 – 1669 | 1641 – 1669 | 1641 – 1669 |
| 1708 – 1758 | 1713 – 1754 | 1712 – 1758 |
| 1708 – 1758 | 1713 – 1754 | 1712 – 1758 |
| 1759 – 1782 | 1759 – 1783 | |
| 1783 – 1802 | 1784 – 1812 | |
| 1803 – 1812 |
Snippets from the Register
27 September 1712 – Umfrevile Fayrer B.D. & Fellow of Magd. Coll, Oxon, was inducted into the Vicarage of Chisleden.
6 January 1717 – Robert Greene, was inducted into the Vicarage of Chyleden.
1 January 1759 – Be it remembered that this Register contains forty leaves of parchment. H. Peers, vicar.
19 May 1759 – “Mem: Some things have been obliterated in the Register for 5 years 1715 – 1719, 1720 and 1724. I have endeavoured upon my good authority to restore them to their original meaning”; H. Peers, vicar.
16 July 1799 – One leave cut out to write a copy of the register. By me Michael Wait, clerk
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