Yatton Keynell, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Yatton Keynell, a parish in Wiltshire, 4 miles WNW of Chippenbam station on the G.W.R., with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Chippenham. Acreage, 1759; population, 520. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £300 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone, and has been restored. There is a small Congregational chapel.

Administration

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

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Yatton Keynell 1653-1812, Wiltshire is available to browse online.

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

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 Yatton Keynell from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Yatton-Keynall (St. Margaret))

Maps

Online maps of Yatton Keynell 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