Sharncote Genealogical Records
Sharncote 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.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, the primary source for birth documentation before 1837. They may record the date a child was born and/or baptised, their parents' names, occupations, residence and more.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, essentially recording births, but may also include places of residence and occupations.
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.
Sharncote 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.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1762.
Details of those who were married at the church between 1708 and 1810. Information given may include parents' names, ages, marital status, abode and more.
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.
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.
Sharncote 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.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence.
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.
Sharncote 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.
Four lay subsidies that record tax levied on real estate.
An index to 14,195 wills proved by the Consistory Court of Gloucester. The index includes the testor's name, residence, occupation document type and reference.
Newspapers Covering Sharncote
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Gloucester area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
A local newspaper including news from the Cheltenham area, family announcements, business notices, advertisements, legal & governmental proceedings and more.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Cheltenham district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the Gloucester district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
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.
Sharncote 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 295,609 wills of people who lived in or were connected to Devon. The wills they reference can contain a great deal of genealogical information.
An index to 90,000 wills, including name, occupation, year of probate, residence and more.
An index to all ecclesiastical wills for Wiltshire, civil wills to 1887, nuncupative wills and inquisitions postmortem.
Digital images of over 85,000 wills and inventories, searchable by a name index. The records may provide information on possessions, land held and family relationships.
Sharncote 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.
Sharncote 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.
Sharncote 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.
Sharncote Taxation Records
Four lay subsidies that record tax levied on real estate.
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.
Sharncote 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.
Sharncote 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.
Sharncote 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.
Photographs and descriptions of Gloucestershire'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.
Sharncote 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.
Sharncote Histories & Books
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.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Sharncote 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.
Sharncote 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.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
A database of profiles of Gloucestershire pubs and breweries.
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Sharncote
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
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.
Sharncote 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.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Pedigrees compiled from a late 17th century heraldic visitation of Gloucestershire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Gloucestershire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Sharncote Church Records
The parish registers of __PLACE__ are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths from 1708 to 1810.
Extensive galleries of parish churches in Wiltshire.
An index to and images of registers recording over 2.25 million baptisms, marriages and burials.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Photographs of monuments, stained glass windows, fonts, memorials and other architectural facets of parish churches in Gloucestershire.
Biographical Directories Covering Sharncote
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.
Sharncote Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A useful map of the county, charting settlements and important landmarks, such as turnpikes, parks, castles, abbeys etc.
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.
Sharncote 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.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
SHORNCOTE, formerly a separate parish, is now merged both civilly and ecclesiastically into the parish of Somerford Keynes; it is 1 ½ miles south-west from Cerney station on the Midland and South Western Junction railway. All Saints church, a building of stone, supposed to have been built 800 years, is of Norman architecture: it has a nave and small north chapel, south porch, and a beautiful belfry at the intersection of the nave and chancel, originally containing 2 bells, one of which has long since disappeared: on the south wall of the nave is a memorial tablet to Richard Kemble (1733): the church was restored in 1883, at a cost of nearly £1,000, and affords 80 sittings. The register dates from the year 1811. Joseph Mill esq. who died in 1857, £500, interest of which is divided among the poor of this parish at Christmas. The land is freehold.
SOMERFORD KEYNES and SHORNCOT have been amalgamated and named Somerford Keynes, by an order of the Wiltshire County Council, dated July 10, 1894, under the “Local Government Act, 1894,” and by an Order of the Local Government Board, dated 30th April, 1896, and taking effect on April 1, 1897, the whole was transferred to the administrative county of Gloucester, in the Northern division of the county of Wilts for parliamentary purposes, hundred and petty sessional division of Cricklade, Cirencester union and county court district, rural deanery of Cirencester, archdeaconry of Bristol and diocese of Gloucester.