Place:Biddestone, Wiltshire, England

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NameBiddestone
Alt namesBiddestone St. Nicholassource: former parish, merged in 1885
Biddestone St. Petersource: former parish, merged in 1885
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates51.46°N 2.198°W
Located inWiltshire, England     (1885 - )
See alsoChippenham Hundred, Wiltshire, Englandhundred in which the earlier parishes were located
Chippenham Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1934
Calne and Chippenham Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1934 - 1974
North Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England2009--
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Biddestone is a village and civil parish in northwest Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Corsham. In 1885 the civil parishes of Biddestone St. Nicholas and Biddestone St. Peter merged to become Biddestone. Both smaller parishes are redirected here.

The Bybrook River forms the western boundary of the parish, while the northern boundary follows approximately the Bristol to Chippenham road, known as the A420.

In 1934 the parish was expanded when it absorbed the adjacent parish of Slaughterford.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Biddestone.

Research Tips

  • From this Ancestry page you can browse the Wiltshire parishes which have parish register transcripts online, quite often from very early dates. However, reading the early ones requires skill and patience. Transcriptions should also be in FamilySearch.
  • A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Wiltshire.
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