Redlynch, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Redlynch, a hamlet and a chapelry in Downton parish, Wiltshire. The hamlet lies near the S verge of the county, 1½ mile E of the river Avon, 1 from Downton station on the L. & S.W.R., and 7 miles SE by S of Salisbury. It has a post office under Salisbury; money order and telegraph office, Downton. The chapelry was constituted in 1841. Population, 1282. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Patron, the Vicar of Downton. The church is good. There are Wesleyan, Methodist, and Baptist chapels.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Redlynch:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1838-1878 | 1838-1878 |
Maps
Online maps of Redlynch are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online: