Beechingstoke, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Beechingstoke, a parish in Wilts, on the river Avon, 2 miles S of the Kennet and Avon Canal, and 1 mile from Woodborough station on the G.W.R. Pewsey is the post town; money order and telegraph office, Woodborough. Acreage, 891; population, 161. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £251.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Beeching or Beauchamp Stoke St. Stephen | |
| Hundred | Swanborough | |
| Poor Law union | Devizes |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Beechingstoke 1590-1812, Wiltshire is available to browse online.
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Beechingstoke:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1566-1879 | 1590-1852 | 1598-1879 |
Churches
Church of England
St. Stephen (parish church)
The parish church of St Stephen is a small edifice of grey stone, in the Second Pointed or Decorated style, and consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a small eastern gable pierced for 2 bells: the chancel contains a credence: the pulpit is of stone with marble shafts: the stained east window was erected by the Right Rev. Edward Wyndham Tufnell, Bishop of Brisbane, 1859-75, and rector here 1846-57, to his mother and brother, and there are six other memorial windows, including one to the Rev. Charles Mayo, ob. 1820, rector of this parish for 50 years: the church affords 110 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 Beechingstoke from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Beeching or Beauchamp Stoke (St. Stephen))
Maps
Online maps of Beechingstoke 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: