Latton, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Latton, a parish, with a village, in Wiltshire, on the Thames and Severn Canal, adjacent to Gloucestershire, 1 mile N by W of Cricklade station on the Midland and Southwestern Junction railway. Post town, Cricklade. Acreage, 1798; population of the civil parish, 218; of the ecclesiastical, 346. The property belongs to the Earl of St Germans. A .Roman pavement, a coffin, and some Roman coins were discovered some years ago, and there is a very ancient stone cross. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Eisey, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; gross value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Earl of St Germans. The church, which retains two of its original Norman arches, has a tower of Norman architecture, and has been restored.
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 | Latton St. John the Baptist | |
| Hundred | Highworth | |
| Poor Law union | Cricklade and Wootton-Basset |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Latton 1578-1837, Wiltshire is available to browse online.
The register dates front the year 1576.
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Latton:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1576-1917 | 1654-1812 | 1577-1932 | 1578-1864 |
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Baptist (parish church)
The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of stone in the Norman and later styles, consisting of modern chancel, nave, transepts, south porch, and an embattled western tower, containing 5 bells: the chancel, arch, tower and south doorway are Norman: in the nave are several memorial windows to members of the Beadon family, and in the chancel are others to the Habgood family: there are 180 sittings.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Latton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Latton (St. John the Baptist))
Maps
Online maps of Latton 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: