Place:Wingfield, Wiltshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Wingfield is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) west of the town of Trowbridge. Wingfield is also known as Winkfield.

The parish is bordered to the east by the Trowbridge urban area and to the west by the county of Somerset, where the River Frome forms most of the boundary.

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

"WINGFIELD, or Winkfield, a parish, with Rowley tything, in Bradford [registration] district, Wilts; 2 miles WSW of Trowbridge [railway] station. Post town, Trowbridge. Acres: 1,383. Real property: £2,639. Population: 362. Houses: 73. The manor belongs to J. Houlton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value: £237. Patrons: Trustees. The church is good. Charities, £7."

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.