Place:Langley Burrell Without, Wiltshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

source: Family History Library Catalog

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

Langley Burrell is a village and civil parish just north of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. The parish is named Langley Burrell Without and includes the hamlets of Peckingell (south of the village) and Kellaways (to the east on the opposite bank of the Bristol Avon).

Langley Burrell parish was divided into two parishes named Langley Burrell Within and Langley Burrell Without in 1894. Langley Burrell Within was part of Chippenham Municipal Borough while Langley Burrell Without was part of Chippenham Rural District (1894-1934), then Calne and Chippenham Rural District until 1974. In 1934 Langley Burrell was expanded on the abolition of the parishes of Hardenhuish (which went to Langley Burrell Within) and Kellaways (which went to Langley Burrell Without).

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Langley Burrell from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"LANGLEY-BURRELL, a parish, with a village, in Chippenham [registration] district, Wilts; on the river Avon, and on the Great Western railway, 1½ mile NE of Chippenham. Post-town: Chippenham. Acres: 1,725. Real property: £6,161. Population in 1851: 697; in 1861: 1,100. Houses: 211. The increase of population arose from the erection of numerous houses in a part adjoining Chippenham. The property is subdivided. A [railway] causeway, more than 3 miles long, with 60 arches, extends here and crosses the Avon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value: £386. Patron: the Rev. R. M. Ashe. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower.

"A chapelry, called St. Paul's, constituted in 1855, comprises a portion of this parish, and portions of the parishes of Chippenham, Hardenhuish, and Kington-St. Michael. Population of that chapelry, in 1861: 1,218. Houses: 232. Population of the Langley Burrell portion: 733; of the Chippenham portion: 455. The living is a [perpetual] curacy. Value: £200. Patron: the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is large, and has an elegant spire. There is a free school.

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.