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Cherhill, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Cherhill, a parish in Wilts, near Wans Dyke, 2½ miles E by S of Calne station on the G.W.R., and 7 NNE of Devizes. It has a post office under Calne. Acreage, 1904; population of the civil parish, 277; of the ecclesiastical, 349. The area of the ecclesiastical parish was enlarged in 1879, by the addition of a portion of Calne parish. An ancient square camp with double works, called Oldbury, is on the summit of a chalk hill, and the figure of a horse, 157 feet long, cut out of the turf about 1780, and visible for many miles, is on the side of the same hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £250 with residence. The church is old but very good.

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 parishCherhill St. James 
HundredCalne 
Poor Law unionCalne 

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


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1690.

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

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1584-19171754-18031588-18951588-1933

Churches

Church of England

St. James (parish church)

The church of St. James is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 4 bells: it was restored and enlarged, under the direction of the late Mr. S. Gabriel, architect, in the year 1863, and has 280 sittings.


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 Cherhill from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Cherhill 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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