Court of the Peculiar of the Perpetual Vicar of Corsham

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Online Indexes
Here are two websites providing online indexes to Wiltshire Wills:


 * The Wiltshire County Record Office's online Will Index 1540-1858
 * Genuki provides a gateway to these 1000 abstract Wills

Archive Location
Wiltshire and Swindon Archives

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Cocklebury Road

Chippenham

Wiltshire SN15 3QN

ENGLAND

Email: [mailto:archives@wiltshire.gov.uk archives@wiltshire.gov.uk]

Tel: 44 (0)1249 705500

Fax: 44 (0)1249 705527 Website

Archive Records
Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.

Register Copy Wills 1462-1857

Wills 1713-1858

Jurisdictions
The Court of the Peculiar Parish of Corsham was inhibited concurrently one week every two or three years by the Court of the Bishop of Salisbury and the Court of the Archdeacon of Wiltshire.