Wiltshire Community History
     
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Introduction
These pages contain information on 261 Wiltshire communities covering the whole of the Wiltshire Council administered area of the county; having been compiled by Wiltshire Libraries & Heritage. Every community page already has certain basic information, such as early maps, local administrative bodies, population from 1801, newspapers for its area, lists of local maps, the registration district, information on buildings and links to other sites of interest. Since our launch in May 2002 we have been adding much more detailed information for each community. This includes a further parish map, a brief history of the community, histories of churches and schools, a booklist, local authors and literary associations and images of old and modern photographs.
We are currently adding the full text and illustrations of over 70 key early works on Wiltshire. These can be viewed by opening Text Images in the left-hand column of this page. All original material, both archive and published, is available at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre at Chippenham.
The 261 communities are all modern civil parishes with the exception of Imber, which has been included because of national interest. After we complete all 261 communities we will add a further 180 villages and hamlets which are distinct communities although they are part of a differently named parish.
There is full historical information available for the communities underlined below and opening one of these will provide a link to that community:
Aldbourne
Alderbury
All Cannings
Amesbury
Ashton Keynes
Atworth
Avebury
Barford St. Martin
Biddestone 
Bishop's Cannings
Box
Boyton
Bradford on Avon
Bratton
Bremhill
Brixton Deverill
Bromham
Bulford
Burbage
Calne
Calne Without
Castle Combe
Chippenham
Chippenham Without
Codford
Colerne
Corsham
Corsley
Cricklade
Crudwell
Devizes
Dilton Marsh
Downton
Durrington
Great Bedwyn
Hilperton
Holt
Horningsham
Hullavington
Idmiston
Imber
Kilmington
Kingston Deverill
Kington Langley
Kington St. Michael
Lacock
Landford
Laverstock
Longbridge Deverill
Ludgershall
Lydiard Millicent
Lyneham
Maiden Bradley
Malmesbury
Malmesbury St. Paul Without
Market Lavington
Marlborough
Melksham
Melksham Without
Mere
Minety
Monkton Farleigh
Netheravon
North Bradley
Pewsey
Potterne
Purton
Ramsbury
Redlynch
Roundway
Rowde
Salisbury
Seagry
Seend
Semington
Sherston
Shrewton
Southwick
Stanton St. Quintin
Sutton Benger
Sutton Veny
Tidworth
Tisbury
Trowbridge
Upavon
Upton Scudamore
Urchfont
Warminster
West Lavington
Westbury
Westwood
Whiteparish
Wilton
Winsley
Winterbourne
Winterslow
Wootton Bassett
Yatton Keynell
Zeals
Information, including maps, FAQs, local authors and literary associations, are being added to communities continuously so make regular visits to see if there is new material for your community. Enter any community name as a search keyword and you will find some information for that community. Pressing 'Search' will display the full list of communities. The next community entries to be extended to full coverage are;
Langley Burrell Without
Broughton Gifford
Donhead St. Mary
Donhead St. Andrew
Brinkworth
Christian Malford
Cherhill
Hilmarton
South Newton
Heytesbury
Steeple Ashton
Collingbourne Ducis
Edington
The flash shows when a community has been recently completed.
You can search for details of a particular community by using the search facility on this page or the search results page.
Please look at the communities in which you are interested for regular updates and if you have a local history enquiry e-mail us at Local Studies
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Community History - Last Updated : Saturday 4th July 2009