Luckington, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Luckington, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands near the boundary with Gloucestershire, 7 miles WSW of Malmesbury station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Chippenham; money order and telegraph office, Sherstone. Acreage of the civil parish, 2186; population, 394; of the ecclesiastical, 345. The manor belonged to King Harold, and passed to the Seymours. There are barrows and a cromlech. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, £244 with residence. The church is ancient, with a tower, and was restored in 1872, and again in 1884.
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 | Luckington St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Chippenham | |
| Poor Law union | Malmesbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Luckington 1573-1837, Wiltshire is available to browse online.
The register dates from the year 1573.
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Luckington:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1570-1901 | 1654-1754 | 1573-1860 | 1572-1860 |
Churches
Church of England
St. Mary and St. Ethelbert (parish church)
The church of St. Mary and St. Ethelbert is a building of stone, dating from the 12th century, and consists of chantry with chantry chapel, nave of three bays, south aisle, north and south porches, vestry, and an embattled western tower containing 4 bells: the chantry chapel was restored and the chancel rebuilt in 1872 by the Rev. G. L. Ottley: the nave was reseated and restored in 1884: the church was further restored and a vestry added in 1913: there are 300 sittings; the churchyard was enlarged and boundary walls and gates erected in 1872.
Baptist
Strict Calvinistic Baptist chapel
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 Luckington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Luckington (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Luckington 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: