Chapmanslade, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Chapmanslade, a village in Westbury, Upton-Scudamore, and Corsley parishes, Wilts, 3½ miles SW of Westbury, which is the post town. It has a church, built in 1867, and a Congregational chapel.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Chapmanslade:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1867-1880 | 1867-1880 |
Churches
Church of England
SS. Philip and James
The church of SS. Philip and James, erected in 1867 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of Holy Trinity, Dilton Marsh, is a small building of stone in the Gothic style, and consists of chancel, nave, South porch and a small western belfry containing 2 bells: the reredos is of Caen stone, and bears figures of the Evangelists: the church will seat 130 persons.
Baptist
Baptist Chapel
The Baptist chapel, founded in 1788, will seat 140 persons.
Congregational
Congregational Chapel
The Congregational chapel, founded in 1761, will seat 128 persons.
Maps
Online maps of Chapmanslade 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: