Place:Yatesbury, Wiltshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

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

Yatesbury is a village in Wiltshire, England. It is next to Cherhill, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the A4 road between Calne and Marlborough.

Yatesbury was an ancient parish and in the 19th century became a civil parish, which was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. Yatesbury today has a population of about 150. It is noted for RAF Yatesbury, which was an important training centre during World War II.

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

"YATESBURY, a parish in Calne [registration] district, Wilts; 4½ miles E by N of Calne [railway] station. Post town, Calne, under Chippenham. Acres: 1,667. Real property: £2,529. Population: 231. Houses: 57. The property is divided among three. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value: £510. Patron: the Rev. A.Smith. The church was partly restored, partly rebuilt, in 1855. There is a Church school."

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 17, pp172-181 - Parish: Yatesbury". 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.