Orcheston St Mary, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Orcheston St Mary, a parish in Wiltshire, on Salisbury Plain, 8 miles N of Wishford station, and 8 NE of Wiley station on the Salisbury branch of the G.W.R., and 12½ SSE of Devizes. It has a post office (S. O.) Acreage, 1895; population, 145. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, net value, £220 with residence. Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church is partly ancient and restored, and the chancel has been rebuilt.
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 | Orcheston St. Mary | |
Hundred | Branch and Dole | |
Poor Law union | Amesbury |
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 Orcheston St Mary:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1607-1917 | 1607-1842 | 1607-1971 |
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 Orcheston St Mary from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Orcheston (St. Mary))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online: