Axford, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Axford, a tithing in Ramsbury parish, Wilts, on the river Kennet, 3 miles ENE of Marlborough.
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 County | Wiltshire | |
Civil parish | Ramsbury | |
Hundred | Ramsbury |
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 Axford:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1866-1880 | 1866-1880 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Axford from the following:
Maps
Online maps of Axford 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: