Keevil Genealogical Records
Keevil Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A growing index of births registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Transcriptions of Wiltshire baptisms covering around 50% of Anglican places of worship.
Transcriptions of around 1,500 births recorded in Quaker registers. Details recorded are much the same as in Anglican baptism registers.
A service charged at £12 an hour to search transcripts of of baptism and burial indexes. Includes some Quaker and Methodist records.
Keevil Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A growing index of marriages registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
An index to over 262,000 marriages, including Quaker marriages and marriages of Wiltshire residents in other counties. Available on CD or as a lookup service.
Transcriptions of 78 parish marriage registers. They list brides and grooms, their residence, marital status and occasionally other details.
Keevil Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A growing index of deaths registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Transcriptions of around 1,800 records from Quaker death records. They include ages, relations, residences and more.
A service charged at £12 an hour to search transcripts of of baptism and burial indexes. Includes some Quaker and Methodist records.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Keevil Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
An index to names listed in a document listing those liable for militia service.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Keevil
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Bath area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A regional newspaper covering the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire Hampshire and Berkshire. It covers local and national news, family announcements, business news, legal proceedings and more.
A regional newspaper covering the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. It covers local and national news, family announcements, business news, legal proceedings and more.
A liberal newspaper, containing news and family notices, such as births, marriages and death.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Wiltshire area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Keevil Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to 90,000 wills, including name, occupation, year of probate, residence and more.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to all ecclesiastical wills for Wiltshire, civil wills to 1887, nuncupative wills and inquisitions postmortem.
A searchable database of mid-17th Century probates performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Supplies details of testator and executor.
Keevil Immigration & Travel Records
Abstracts of over 20,000 removal orders, which provided legal backing to move people to their parish of settlement.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Keevil Military Records
Transcriptions of war diaries covering 15 regiments during World War I & II. The records detail war action and record names, generally those of officers.
Photographs and transcriptions of monuments commemorating those who lost their lives in battle.
An account of the regiment's part in the South African War.
An index to names listed in a document listing those liable for militia service.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Wiltshire, with some service details.
Keevil Court & Legal Records
Abstracts of records detailing the deaths of landowners in Wiltshire and the inheritance of their lands.
Abstracts of records detailing the deaths of landowners in Wiltshire and the inheritance of their lands.
Abstracts of records detailing the deaths of landowners in Wiltshire and the inheritance of their lands.
Calendars to names occurring in over 65,000 legal documents.
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Keevil Taxation Records
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
An index to wills and administrations that incurred a death duty tax. The index can be used to order documents that give a brief abstract of the will and details on the duty. It can be used as a make-shift probate index.
Keevil Land & Property Records
Abstracts of records detailing the deaths of landowners in Wiltshire and the inheritance of their lands.
Abstracts of records detailing the deaths of landowners in Wiltshire and the inheritance of their lands.
Abstracts of records detailing the deaths of landowners in Wiltshire and the inheritance of their lands.
An index to freeholders who voted in the election. Also names tenants of properties.
An index to over 400,000 names from numerous Wiltshire records, including court, parish, poor law and other records.
Keevil Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
Keevil Cemeteries
An index to vital details engraved on over 290,000 monuments across the county of Wiltshire.
Photographs and descriptions of Wiltshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Keevil Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Keevil Histories & Books
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and images of churches in Wiltshire.
Extensive galleries of parish churches in Wiltshire.
An index of windmills in the county, with brief notes and some photographs.
Keevil School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Keevil Occupation & Business Records
An index to over 100,000 patient records covering Wiltshire.
Histories of Wiltshire pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Keevil
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Keevil Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Wiltshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Keevil Church Records
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Extensive galleries of parish churches in Wiltshire.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Photographs of churches of all denominations throughout England and part of Wales.
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at England. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Biographical Directories Covering Keevil
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Keevil Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Keevil Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
KEEVIL is a parish, 5 miles south from Melksham station, and 5 east from Trowbridge station on the Great Western railway, in the Western division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of Whorwellsdown, Westbury and Whorwellsdown union, Trowbridge county court district, rural deanery of Potterne (Potterne portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Leonard is a plain building of stone, in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave of six bays, south aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 6 bells: there are monuments to John J. Harris, citizen and Alderman of London, dated 1657; the Blagden family, 1730; Jane Talbot, 1768; William Gaisford, 1754; and William Beach, 1741; and brasses to Jane Flower, dated 1662; Stephen Cox, 1761; John Halkens, 1689; Roger Jorden, 1669; Roger Blagden, 1687; and Eliza Gaisford, 1720: the stained east window is a memorial to the Rev. George Thomas Chamberlaine M.A. d.1858: there are 320 sittings. The register dates from the year 1559. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £298, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Winchester, and held since 1839 by the Rev. William Henry Chamberlaine M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford. The Wesleyan chapel here, built about 1844, will hold 200. In 1852 George Taylor left £3,000, the interest of which is to buy bread for six poor men and six poor women of the parishes of Keevil, Edington and Steeple Ashton. An iron, hall was erected here in 1892 by Col. Sir John W. Wellington K.C.B and is used for concerts, entertainments &c. Keevil Manor House, an ancient mansion, in the Elizabethan style, is the residence of Col. Sir John Williams Wallington K.C.B J.P. William W. B. Beach esq. M. P. of Oakley Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire, is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay and brash. The land is nearly all in pasture, the remainder wheat, barley and oats. The area is 2,059 acres; rateable value, £4,760; the population in 1891 was 384.
National School (mixed), erected in 1869, for 95 children; average attendance, 57.
Most Common Surnames in Keevil
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Melksham Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiltshire | 36 | 1:15 | 5.78% | 47 |
| 2 | Bodman | 27 | 1:20 | 24.32% | 511 |
| 3 | Harrold | 19 | 1:29 | 23.46% | 673 |
| 4 | Gilbert | 17 | 1:32 | 4.43% | 116 |
| 4 | Gumm | 17 | 1:32 | 38.64% | 1,078 |
| 6 | Jefferies | 16 | 1:34 | 3.78% | 92 |
| 6 | Orchard | 16 | 1:34 | 6.93% | 234 |
| 8 | Bailey | 15 | 1:37 | 1.23% | 8 |
| 8 | Ellis | 15 | 1:37 | 6.94% | 254 |
| 10 | White | 12 | 1:46 | 0.78% | 3 |
| 11 | Wilkins | 10 | 1:55 | 1.53% | 43 |
| 12 | King | 9 | 1:61 | 0.64% | 6 |
| 12 | Rose | 9 | 1:61 | 2.09% | 87 |
| 12 | Ludlow | 9 | 1:61 | 28.13% | 1,334 |
| 12 | Perrett | 9 | 1:61 | 2.60% | 140 |
| 12 | Brinson | 9 | 1:61 | 90.00% | 2,760 |
| 17 | Dixon | 8 | 1:69 | 2.77% | 185 |
| 17 | Watts | 8 | 1:69 | 0.98% | 23 |
| 17 | Ghey | 8 | 1:69 | 66.67% | 2,472 |
| 20 | Brown | 7 | 1:79 | 0.42% | 2 |
| 20 | Davis | 7 | 1:79 | 0.50% | 5 |
| 20 | Rogers | 7 | 1:79 | 1.41% | 67 |
| 20 | Burgess | 7 | 1:79 | 2.18% | 157 |
| 20 | Tucker | 7 | 1:79 | 1.16% | 50 |
| 20 | Stokes | 7 | 1:79 | 2.01% | 138 |
| 20 | Gale | 7 | 1:79 | 1.11% | 46 |
| 20 | Wallington | 7 | 1:79 | 38.89% | 1,955 |
| 20 | Wallas | 7 | 1:79 | 100.00% | 3,480 |
| 20 | Puckridge | 7 | 1:79 | 100.00% | 3,480 |
| 20 | Baglorne | 7 | 1:79 | 100.00% | 3,480 |
| 31 | Price | 6 | 1:92 | 1.51% | 109 |
| 31 | Barnes | 6 | 1:92 | 0.75% | 27 |
| 31 | Jeffries | 6 | 1:92 | 4.69% | 434 |
| 31 | O'Ram | 6 | 1:92 | 2.02% | 178 |
| 31 | Axford | 6 | 1:92 | 3.39% | 309 |
| 36 | Cox | 5 | 1:110 | 0.81% | 48 |
| 36 | Parsons | 5 | 1:110 | 0.70% | 36 |
| 36 | Jordan | 5 | 1:110 | 4.27% | 483 |
| 36 | Holloway | 5 | 1:110 | 1.55% | 155 |
| 36 | Brewer | 5 | 1:110 | 1.84% | 199 |
| 41 | Hobbs | 4 | 1:138 | 0.95% | 94 |
| 41 | Hodges | 4 | 1:138 | 4.08% | 575 |
| 41 | Marks | 4 | 1:138 | 2.63% | 356 |
| 41 | Witt | 4 | 1:138 | 1.89% | 257 |
| 41 | Dowse | 4 | 1:138 | 3.88% | 553 |
| 41 | Burbidge | 4 | 1:138 | 2.35% | 322 |
| 41 | Peirce | 4 | 1:138 | 17.39% | 1,686 |
| 41 | Beaven | 4 | 1:138 | 1.41% | 187 |
| 41 | Wilshire | 4 | 1:138 | 11.11% | 1,221 |
| 41 | Burbage | 4 | 1:138 | 8.51% | 1,032 |
| 41 | Matcham | 4 | 1:138 | 36.36% | 2,605 |
| 52 | Perry | 3 | 1:184 | 0.93% | 155 |
| 52 | Mathews | 3 | 1:184 | 1.09% | 194 |
| 52 | Chamberlain | 3 | 1:184 | 2.78% | 529 |
| 52 | Salter | 3 | 1:184 | 1.55% | 280 |
| 52 | Pocock | 3 | 1:184 | 1.83% | 329 |
| 52 | Mattock | 3 | 1:184 | 5.08% | 889 |
| 52 | Cove | 3 | 1:184 | 5.56% | 944 |
| 52 | Wayling | 3 | 1:184 | 75.00% | 4,820 |
| 52 | Gum | 3 | 1:184 | 7.69% | 1,165 |
| 52 | Scratchley | 3 | 1:184 | 15.00% | 1,832 |
| 52 | Miness | 3 | 1:184 | 100.00% | 5,418 |
| 63 | Taylor | 2 | 1:276 | 0.17% | 9 |
| 63 | Grant | 2 | 1:276 | 0.58% | 141 |
| 63 | Matthews | 2 | 1:276 | 0.23% | 20 |
| 63 | Newman | 2 | 1:276 | 0.20% | 12 |
| 63 | Carr | 2 | 1:276 | 1.19% | 323 |
| 63 | Hammond | 2 | 1:276 | 2.74% | 733 |
| 63 | Woodward | 2 | 1:276 | 0.67% | 176 |
| 63 | Griffin | 2 | 1:276 | 0.62% | 157 |
| 63 | Hillier | 2 | 1:276 | 0.24% | 22 |
| 63 | Budd | 2 | 1:276 | 6.90% | 1,457 |
| 63 | Overton | 2 | 1:276 | 6.25% | 1,334 |
| 63 | Lovelock | 2 | 1:276 | 1.09% | 299 |
| 63 | Luker | 2 | 1:276 | 11.11% | 1,955 |
| 63 | Pepler | 2 | 1:276 | 1.90% | 543 |
| 63 | Waylen | 2 | 1:276 | 4.76% | 1,110 |
| 63 | Shepman | 2 | 1:276 | 100.00% | 6,102 |
| 79 | Smith | 1 | 1:551 | 0.02% | 1 |
| 79 | Cooper | 1 | 1:551 | 0.18% | 55 |
| 79 | Phillips | 1 | 1:551 | 0.25% | 105 |
| 79 | Webb | 1 | 1:551 | 0.09% | 10 |
| 79 | Lloyd | 1 | 1:551 | 0.85% | 483 |
| 79 | Brooks | 1 | 1:551 | 0.37% | 203 |
| 79 | Ford | 1 | 1:551 | 0.12% | 24 |
| 79 | Day | 1 | 1:551 | 0.23% | 84 |
| 79 | Pearce | 1 | 1:551 | 0.07% | 7 |
| 79 | Parry | 1 | 1:551 | 4.17% | 1,651 |
| 79 | Shepherd | 1 | 1:551 | 0.61% | 329 |
| 79 | Marsh | 1 | 1:551 | 0.27% | 128 |
| 79 | Wheeler | 1 | 1:551 | 0.10% | 14 |
| 79 | Francis | 1 | 1:551 | 0.26% | 114 |
| 79 | Lambert | 1 | 1:551 | 1.56% | 828 |
| 79 | Collier | 1 | 1:551 | 0.38% | 213 |
| 79 | Mortimer | 1 | 1:551 | 0.34% | 178 |
| 79 | Hampton | 1 | 1:551 | 1.20% | 655 |
| 79 | Herring | 1 | 1:551 | 1.19% | 650 |
| 79 | Hayden | 1 | 1:551 | 2.22% | 1,065 |
| 79 | Ridge | 1 | 1:551 | 25.00% | 4,820 |
| 79 | Wilmot | 1 | 1:551 | 2.44% | 1,126 |
| 79 | Wooley | 1 | 1:551 | 50.00% | 6,102 |
| 79 | Bridle | 1 | 1:551 | 1.52% | 808 |
| 79 | Golden | 1 | 1:551 | 3.85% | 1,560 |
| 79 | Burges | 1 | 1:551 | 2.70% | 1,207 |
| 79 | Abrams | 1 | 1:551 | 3.03% | 1,303 |
| 79 | Cleverly | 1 | 1:551 | 0.38% | 206 |
| 79 | Dallimore | 1 | 1:551 | 1.79% | 916 |
| 79 | Annetts | 1 | 1:551 | 0.87% | 492 |
| 79 | Pontin | 1 | 1:551 | 0.97% | 553 |
| 79 | Dainton | 1 | 1:551 | 1.33% | 719 |
| 79 | Kenrick | 1 | 1:551 | 50.00% | 6,102 |
| 79 | Gunstone | 1 | 1:551 | 0.82% | 458 |
| 79 | Hendon | 1 | 1:551 | 3.33% | 1,412 |
| 79 | Perrit | 1 | 1:551 | 33.33% | 5,418 |
| 79 | Peplar | 1 | 1:551 | 16.67% | 3,860 |
| 79 | Harrel | 1 | 1:551 | 100.00% | 7,174 |