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Codford St Mary, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Codford St Mary, a parish in Wilts, on the river Wiley, near Codford station on the G.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Bath. Acreage, 2129; population, 322. Codford Hill is crowned by a curious earthwork, called Ogbury or Codford Circle, supposed to have been formed by Druids for religious rites, and commands a most interesting view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £410. Patron, St John's College, Oxford. The church is Later English, in good condition, and there is a Congregational chapel.

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 parishCodford St. Mary 
HundredHeytesbury 
Poor Law unionWarminster 

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 Codford St Mary:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1624-18941755-18341625-19331623-1934

Churches

Church of England

St Mary (parish church)

The church of St. Mary is a building of stone, consisting of chancel with aisle, nave, south aisle, south porch and an ancient western tower, containing 3 bells: the chancel is Transitional, and the tower of the 16th century: the chancel arch is late Norman, elaborately carved: in the chancel aisle is a monument to the Mompesson family: the communion table was made from the old pulpit of the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford; the handsome altar cloth was worked by Mrs. Ashley Dodd, late of Stockton House; the east window is stained: the church was restored in 1879 at a cost of £1,200, and has 200 sittings.

Congregational

Congregational Chapel

The Congregational chapel was founded in 1778, with Sunday school: the chapel has 200 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 Codford St Mary from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Codford St Mary 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 districtBA12
Post TownWarminster

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