Name | Idmiston |
Alt names | Gomeldon | source: village in parish | | Porton | source: village in parish |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 51.135°N 1.72°W |
Located in | Wiltshire, England |
See also | Alderbury Hundred, Wiltshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Amesbury Rural, Wiltshire, England | rural district, 1894 - 1974 | | Salisbury District, Wiltshire, England | district municipality 1974-2009 | | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | unitary authority since 2009 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Idmiston is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Amesbury and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the villages of Porton and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road.
Porton Down military science park is in the parish, separated from Idmiston by the railway line. It is home to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and related businesses.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Idmiston.
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.
Categories: Wiltshire, England | Idmiston, Wiltshire, England | Alderbury Hundred, Wiltshire, England | Amesbury Rural, Wiltshire, England | Salisbury District, Wiltshire, England | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England
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