Wiltshire Census & County Genealogy Records
Wiltshire is a county is situated in the province of Canterbury, in the diocese of Salisbury, and contains 29 hundreds, one city, 15 boroughs, and 10 other market-towns. On the north and west side of it lies Gloucestershire; its western boundary is Somersetshire; Dorsetshire confines its southern extremity; and Hampshire and Berkshire inclose it on the east. Its extreme length is 54 miles, and breadth 34, and its area measures about 878,000 acres. The air of Wiltshire like that of other counties, is various, according to the different parts of it, but on the whole it is agreeable and salubrious. On the downs and higher parts, it is sharp and clear; in the vallies mild, even in winter. Over the extensive wilds, called Salisbury plain, roam immense flocks of sheep, who with their shepherds, are the sole tenants, if the bustard, the wheatear, and a few other solitary birds be excepted, which avoid the haunts of men. The summer stock of sheep on these plains and downs, is computed to be 500,000. The rivers of this county are the Lower Avon; the Thames or Isis; the Cole; the Kennet; the Bourne; the Upper Avon; the Willey; and the Nadder." (From Pigot & Co's London & Provincal New Commercial Directory, 1822-3)
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Wiltshire,
England Census Records
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- 1841 Wiltshire Census Records ;
- 1851 Wiltshire Census Records ;
- 1861 Wiltshire Census Records ;
- 1871 Wiltshire Census Records ;
- 1881 Wiltshire Census Records ;
- 1891 Wiltshire Census Records ;
- 1901 Wiltshire Census Records ;
Wiltshire Parish & Probate Records
Wiltshire,
England: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in England and
Wales, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
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Wiltshire
and Its Worthies
This database contains topographical information on Wiltshire
and biographical information on its worthies, or its prominent
individuals.
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Wiltshire Civil Parish Index and Parish Census Records