Place:Burcombe, Wiltshire, England

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Burcombe is a village and (by the name of Burcombe Without) a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 4.5 miles (7 km) west of Salisbury city centre and lies each side of an unclassified road. Burcombe is an unspoiled village with many of the houses' gardens leading down to the River Nadder. The parish includes the hamlet of Ugford which is on the A30 road near the boundary with Wilton parish.

Until the late 19th century Burcombe extended further east towards the hamlet of Ditchampton and Wilton. In 1885 Wilton's boundaries were enlarged to include part of Burcombe (this area was known for a short time as Burcombe Within); in 1934 a further small part of Burcombe was transferred to Wilton.

Until 1884, North Ugford (comprising the present-day hamlet and an area of farmland, all north of the river) was part of South Newton parish. A church stood in the 13th century but there is no record of it after 1535. The 1934 enlargement of Wilton took some of the Ugford land, thus Wilton's western boundary is now just east of Ugford hamlet.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Burcombe.

Research Tips

• Some references to Burcombe appear in Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16, pp1-7 - Parish: Wilton". British History Online. University of London. Also in the following chapters on Wilton.
• 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.