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England London  City of London

Guide to City of London ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic center and the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the agglomeration has since grown far beyond the City's borders.[3][4] The City is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London, though it remains a notable part of central London.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Swindon has 3 cemeteries and or crematoria. Information follows:

Whitworth Road Cemetery:


 * Whitworth Rd
 * Swindon SN25 3BG
 * Phone: +44 1793 523081

St Margaret Cemetery


 * Grange Dr
 * Swindon SN3 4JY

Kingsdown Crematorium


 * Kingsdown Ln
 * Swindon SN25 6SG
 * Phone: +44 1793 822259

Parishes
Swindon has a number of Anglican churches, and many of these have attached graveyards. These follow::

All Saints


 * Church Pl
 * Lydiard Millicent
 * Swindon SN5 3NE
 * Phone: +44 1793 772417

Christ Church


 * 26 Cricklade St
 * Swindon SN1 3HG
 * Phone: +44 1793 522832

St Margaret's


 * Stratton St
 * Swindon SN3 4YA

St Peter's


 * Penhill Dr
 * Swindon SN2
 * Phone: +44 1793 721921

St Andrew's


 * Parsonage Farm Hse
 * 21 Church Rd
 * Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0BZ

St Bartholomew's

Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon SN4 7BQ
 * 1 Church St
 * Phone: +44 1793 853272

St Mark's


 * Church Pl
 * Swindon SN1 5EH

St John's

Haydon Wick, Wiltshire, SN25 4QP
 * Thames Avenue/Westfield Way
 * Phone: +44 1793 726000

St Saviour's


 * Ashford Rd
 * Swindon SN1 3NS

St Mary's Lydiard


 * Lydiard Park
 * Swindon SN5 3PA
 * Phone: +44 1793 874221

St Sampson's

Cricklade, Swindon SN6 6AX
 * Bath Rd
 * Phone: +44 1793 979304

Holy Trinity


 * Shaw Village Centre
 * Ramleaze Dr
 * Shaw, Swindon SN5 5PY
 * Phone: +44 1793 874221

St Luke's


 * Broad Street
 * Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 2DS
 * Phone: +44 1793 526542

Non Conformists
Swindon is in an older section of the UK, and tends to be more conservative than many other parts of the country. The Anglican church is by far the largest percentage of the community. However there are many other churches, as listed below:


 * Baptist
 * Catholic
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Chinese Christian
 * Evangelical
 * Gateway Church
 * Holy Rood Church
 * Jehovah's Witnesses
 * Methodist
 * Plymouth Brethren

There are a number of communities of non Christian religions including the following:


 * Buddhist
 * Scientology
 * Confucian
 * Jews
 * Muslim
 * Sikh

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the UK government from July 1837 to the present day. Prior to that, the only available records were those kept by the ecclesiastical bodies. For later records contact the Swindon registration office as below.

Swindon has an office for the registration of BMD data. It follows:


 * Civic Offices
 * Euclid St, Swindon SN1 2JH
 * Phone: +44 1793 522738

On line websites follow:


 * Swindon Council Offices


 * BMD records


 * Wiltshire County BMD records

Local Histories

 * localhistories.com: Swindon


 * Swindon Council local history


 * Central Swindon History Through Time by Mark Child


 * Swindon Illustrated History by Mark Child

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Google Maps: Swindon


 * Michelin street map of Swindon


 * oldmapsonline: Swindon


 * Swindon Gazetteer


 * genuki gazetteer of Swindon

Newspapers

 * Swindon Advertiser


 * Wiltshire Gazette and Herald

Occupations
While agriculture and market town activites were the major activities in Swindon up to the 20th. century, anf still are important, Swindon has now developed a diversified employment base.

In the Insurance and Financial arena, such companies as Nationwide Insurance, Intrinsic Financial Services, and Connect Group PLC provide major employment opportunities.

In the electronics arena, Intel, nPower, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Tyco are large players in Swindon and the Southwest.

In transportation and automotive, First Great Western (railways), MAN Truck and Bus UK, Cambria Automobiles, Castrol.

In general manufacturing and engineering; The Hardware Group, Openwork Ltd., Swindon Pressings, Arval UK, and Dick Lovatt.

Also providing major employment opportunities is the power company, Npower Ltd.

Societies

 * Wiltshire Family History Society


 * Swindon Society for History


 * Wiltshire and Swindon History Center

Archives

 * Wiltshire and Swindon Archives


 * Wiltshire County Council Archives


 * The National Archives: Swindon


 * Historic England Archives

Web Sites

 * wikipedia: Swindon


 * Swindon Borough Council


 * Wiltshire County Council