Church Registers

The Church Registers go back to 1560 (though incomplete). The Churchwarden’s account books start from 1692. All but the current registers are now kept at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, SN15 3QN.  The Centre's website is here.

Family History Resources

Online

Their Haven Under the Hill was compiled by John Crittenden in 2013, building on work by Sandie and Phil Waite, Gina Brierley and Barrie Austin.  It lists all the memorial inscriptions existing in Colerne, not only those in the parish church graveyard, and provides a cross reference with the Farewell to the Hill compilation of obituaries from the Parish Magazine, available from the Colerne History Group.  There is a list of memorials in the Parish Church and churchyard available at Wiltshire OPC.

Colerne History Group

Colerne History Group has produced a number of fascinating publications including The Village on the Hill (aspects of Colerne history), Life on the Hill (Colerne remembered) and Farewell to the Hill (obituaries).  These are slim paperbacks, not all in print.  Contact the History Group (Eileen Collins, 01225 744266) for availability or some second-hand copies may be available online. 

Wiltshire OPC

Wiltshire OPC is a website hosting information supplied by volunteer Online Parish Clerks for each parish in the county.  It is an growing project, started in Cornwall and spreading to a number of other counties including Wiltshire.  The Colerne page currently holds information including census returns and Marriages 1560-1755, plus a listing of memorials in the Parish Church and churchyard.

WSHC



​The WSHC holds most of the records relating to the history of Colerne, including:
Baptisms 1628-1957
Marriages 1560-1986
Burials 1661-1959

A search will reveal other interesting documents including a list of those who lost their homes in the Colerne fire of 1774.

Memorial Listings

PDF documents taken from Their Haven under the Hill can be found here:
Memorials - Parish Church
Memorials - Evangelical Church
Memorials - Book of Remembrance
Memorials - Graves of Service Personnel
Memorials - Market Place