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Dauntsey, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Dauntsey or Dantsey, a parish in Wiltshire on the river Avon, with a station on the G.W.R., 89 miles from London, 4½ SSE of Malmesbury, and 5½ W of Wootton-Bassett. It has a post office under Chippenham; money order and telegraph office, Great Somerford. Acreage, 3260; population, 409. The manor belonged at the Conquest to Malmesbury Abbey, and passed to the Dauteseys, the Straddlings, the Danverses, the Crown, and the great Earl of Peterborough. Part of the land is common. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, £402 with residence. The church has monuments of the Danverses and is interesting to archaeologists. The parish gave the title of Baron to the son of James II.

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 parishDauntsey St. James 
HundredMalmesbury 
Poor Law unionMalmesbury 

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


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1653.

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

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1605-19171657-18121605-19251605-1917

Churches

Church of England

St. James (parish church)

The church of St. James is an ancient fabric, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north and south porches and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 5 bells: there are some ancient brasses and several interesting monuments, including one of black marble to Charles Henry, 5th and last Earl of Peterborough, who died 16 June, 1814: in the north aisle is a white marble table tomb to Henry Danvers K.G. Earl of Danby, who died at Cornbury Park, Oxon, 20 Jan. 1644, and two modern brasses to the Rev. W. F. Elwell M.A. a former rector, and Col. H. P. Law: there are sittings for 300 persons.

Baptist

Particular Baptist Chapel

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 Dauntsey from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Dauntsey 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 districtSN15
Post TownChippenham

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