Place:Orcheston, Wiltshire, England

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NameOrcheston
Alt namesOrcheston-St. Georgesource: former parish now in Orcheston
Orcheston-St. Marysource: former parish now in Orcheston
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates51.207°N 1.92°W
Located inWiltshire, England     (1934 - )
See alsoAmesbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1934 - 1974
Salisbury District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality 1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englandunitary authority since 2009
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Orcheston is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, lying on Salisbury Plain less than a mile northwest of neighbouring Shrewton. The present-day parish combines the two former parishes of Orcheston St. Mary and Orcheston St. George and includes the hamlet of Elston.

The village is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, with the spelling Orchestone.

The two civil parishes of Orcheston, based on the two Church of England parish churches of St. Mary and St. George, were united into a single civil parish in 1934 and into a single ecclesiastical parish in 1971.

The source of the River Till is near the village. As of 2009 Orcheston contained about 65 houses, of which 26 are listed buildings, and has a single parish council. Its population in the 2011 UK census was 339.

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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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