Place:Luckington, Wiltshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

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

Luckington is a village and civil parish in the southern Cotswolds, located in northwest Wiltshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) west of Malmesbury. It is on the B4040 road linking Malmesbury and Old Sodbury. The parish is on the county border with Gloucestershire and includes the village of Alderton (a separate parish until 1934) and the hamlet of Brook End.

The area covers 790 square miles, of which some 80% is farmland. The region is delineated by the belt of rich limestone – the source of building materials for cottages, fine buildings and churches. The limestone Cotswold stone in the northern Cotswolds is a rich honey coloured brown which gradually grades creamier towards the south at Luckington.

Badminton House is just across the county border in Gloucestershire, about 1 3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) southwest of Luckington village. Parkland of the Badminton estate extends a short distance into Luckington parish.

In a valley to the south of the village, seasonal springs are the source of the Bristol Avon. From Luckington, the Avon passes through Malmesbury and Chippenham towards Bath and Bristol. Five roads meet at Luckington, principally the former Oxford-Bristol road via Malmesbury and Sherston.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Luckington.

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.