Seend, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Seend, a parish, with a village, in Wiltshire, with a station on the G.W.R., 90 miles from London and 4 W by S of Devizes. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Melksham. Acreage, 2759; population, 929. The manor belonged to the Despencers, passed to the Bohuns, and belongs now to the Awdrys. A rich bed of ironstone lies on the lower greensand formation, is said to have been worked by the ancients, and was worked by three successive companies, but has been abandoned for some years. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £230 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church is old, and has a pinnacled tower; it has been well restored. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the parish.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Seend:

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Seend from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Seend)

Maps

Online maps of Seend 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:

• Salisbury and Winchester Journal
• Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette
• Wiltshire Independent
• Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle