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Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Upton Scudamore, a parish in Wiltshire, 1½ mile NNW of Warminster station on the G.W.R. Post town, Warminster. Acreage, 2538; population of the civil parish, 256; of the ecclesiastical, 265. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £290 with residence. Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1859, and is an edifice in the Early English style, with an embattled western tower. There is a small Baptist chapel. Owen, the author of " Geoponica," was rector.

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 parishUpton-Scudamore St. Mary 
HundredWarminster 
Poor Law unionWarminster 

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


Church Records

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

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1605-18991754-19331608-18371608-1880

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Upton Scudamore from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Upton Scudamore 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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