Place:Tidcombe, Wiltshire, England

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Tidcombe is a small village in Wiltshire, England, on the eastern edge of the county, near Hampshire. It is about 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Marlborough and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire. With few inhabitants, it forms part of the civil parish of Tidcombe and Fosbury, which has a parish meeting.

There is evidence of a church in the mid 13th century. The Anglican Church of St Michael has a 17th-century tower and is Grade II* listed. Tidcombe manor house, from the mid to late 18th century, is also Grade II* listed.

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

"TIDCOMBE, a parish in the [registration] district of Hungerford and county of Wilts; 3¾ miles S by E of Bedwin [railway] station, and 8 SSW of Hungerford. Post town: Marlborough. Acres: 2,321. Real property: £2,997. Population: 274. Houses: 52. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value: £77. Patron: the Dean and Canons of Windsor. There is a national school.

In 1894 the main part of Tidcombe, its chapelry, Fosbury, which was detached from it, and also the intervening area made up of the parish of Hippescombe merged as one civil parish of Tidcombe and Fosbury.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16, pp215-222 - Parish: Tidcombe. British History Online. University of London.
• 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.