Place:Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England

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NameWiltshire District
TypeUnitary authority
Located inWiltshire, England     (2009 - )
See alsoKennet District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality from which it was formed in 2009
North Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality from which it was formed in 2009
Salisbury District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality from which it was formed in 2009
West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality from which it was formed in 2009

Wiltshire District is a unitary authority which is the local government for the whole of Wiltshire with the exception of town of Swindon and the area immediately around it. It was formed in 2009 from the Kennet District, the North Wiltshire District, the Salisbury District and the West Wiltshire District.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Wiltshire Council.

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.