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"CHIRTON, (or Cherringten, or Shorten), a parish in the hundred of Swanborough, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles S.E. of Devizes. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury, value £190, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a handsome structure in the Norman style of architecture. It contains a beautiful font. Here is a National school. The manorial rights are vested in the Heytesbury Trustees."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Chirton is also known as Cherrington or Cherington or Churton.
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If you have been unable to find the 1841 census for this parish, Wiltshire and Swindon Archives website provides the answer as one of their Wiltshire History Questions.
St John the Baptist, Chirton |
Common to all parishes is a Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1558-1682
- A transcription of the section for Chirton from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Chirton from A Vision of Britain through time.
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- The entry for Chirton from British History Online.
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