Orcheston St. George Photo Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Charlton - Chisbury - Chitterne All Saints - Maddington - Market Lavington - Rushall - Shrewton - Tilshead - Upavon
Websites of Interest
GenUKI - For information on Patney and Wiltshire.
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies.
Wiltshire Community History - Historical information for parishes within the Wiltshire County jurisdiction.
The Parish Church of St. George
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1656-1981
Marriages 1656-1981
Burials 1656-1989
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 - April 1936 Amesbury Registration District
April 1936 - Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Disastrous Floods 1841 Owners of Land 1873 Foot & Mouth Disease 1924-1925
Elston House
This was the home of Viscountess Lady Torrington.
Public Houses
The Crown Inn
In 1903 the landlord was John Hall
Crime and Legal Matters
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
At one point before 1903, Thomas Smith was the only beer retailer in the village
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Parish Notables
James Harris - Grammarian
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Amesbury Union Guardians Appointed 1835
Appointment of Overseers
Probate
Inquisition Post Mortem of Lands Held
Nicholas de Kyngestone 1323 Thomas Lambert 1639 Giles Tooker 1627
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 Why the Poppy
Casualties of WWI
Elston
Buildings and Land
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Employment and Business
Markets
