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Blackland, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Blackland, a parish in Wilts, near the Roman road, 1½ mile SE of Calne station on the G.W.R., and 7 miles ESE of Chippenham. Post town, Calne under Chippenham, which is the money order and telegraph office. Population, with Calstone Wellington, 344. Blackland House was formerly the seat of the Maundrells, afterwards the property of the Tanner family, and now belongs to the Brown family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, annexed to Calstone Wellington; value, £300. The church was repaired in 1859.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWiltshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBlackland St. Peter 
HundredCalne 
Poor Law unionCalne 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1757.

Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Blackland:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1606-18801770-17831594-18351594-1880

Churches

Church of England

St. Peter (parish church)

The church of St. Peter, situated in Blackland Park, is a small and ancient edifice of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a turret with one bell: there are sittings for 80 persons.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Blackland from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Blackland are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online:

CountyWiltshire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtSN11
Post TownCalne

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