Place:West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England

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NameWest Wiltshire District
TypeDistrict municipality
Coordinates51.316667°N 2.216667°W
Located inWiltshire, England     (1974 - 2009)
See alsoBradford on Avon, Wiltshire, Englandurban district from which it was formed in 1974
Melksham, Wiltshire, Englandurban district from which it was formed in 1974
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Englandurban district from which it was formed in 1974
Warminster, Wiltshire, Englandurban district from which it was formed in 1974
Westbury, Wiltshire, Englandurban district from which it was formed in 1974
Bradford and Melksham Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district from which it was formed in 1974
Warminster and Westbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district from which it was formed in 1974
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englandunitary authority into which it was merged in 2009
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West Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, further to the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former urban districts of Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury, along with Bradford and Melksham Rural District and the Warminster and Westbury Rural District.

The five towns in the district, Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury, were each surrounded by rural parishes. About two-thirds of the district's population was in its five towns.

The district council was abolished on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, when its functions were taken over by the new Wiltshire Council or Wiltshire District unitary authority.

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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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