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    • Covid-19 Notices
    • Advice Notes
    • Covid 19 App - Phones
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  • Pub Take-away Menus
  • Village Map
  • Village History
    • Village Photo Archive
    • Church Recording Project
    • Church in 1845
    • Jubilee Celebrations 2002
    • Jubilee Celebrations 2012
  • Bishopstone Village Hall
    • Committee
    • Events
    • Refurbishment Project
  • Church
    • Clergy
    • Bishopstone Church
    • Church Services
    • Stratford Tony Church
    • Friends of Bishopstone Church
    • Chalke Valley Churches >
      • Chalke Valley News
  • Parish Magazine - STaB
  • Bish-Bash Events
    • Bish Bash Country Fayre - 2016
    • Bish Bash Country Fayre 2015 >
      • Bish Bash Country Fayre 2014
    • Bish Bash Big Day Out 2013
    • Bish-Bash: Party in the Park
    • Bish-Bash: Christmas 2012
  • Clubs and Organisations
    • Bishopstone Magic Lantern Society
    • Flower
    • Ladies
    • Local Oil Purchase Scheme
    • Montgomery Coal Charity
  • Emergency Planning
    • Your Community Response Group
    • Flood Codes
    • Contact Details - Useful Numbers
    • Flooding - Useful Websites
  • Government
  • Health Services
  • Chalke Valley Link Scheme
  • Emergency Services
  • Parish Council
    • Contact Details
    • Privacy Notice
    • Dates of Meetings
    • How it Works
    • Latest News
    • Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities: Expenditure over £100 2019/20
    • End of Year Accounts 2019/20
    • Location of public land and building assets
    • Planning Matters
    • Minutes of Meetings
    • Mac's Meadow Guidelines
    • Data Protection Policy
    • Housing Needs Survey
  • Bishopstone Plan
    • What it is
    • Conservation and Listed Buildings
  • Chalke Valley Stores
  • Chalke Valley Sports Centre
  • Local Businesses
    • Nursery/Playschools
    • Health/exercise
    • Shops/Food/Drink
    • Property
    • Pet Services
    • Gardening/Landscaping
    • B&B
    • Building Services
    • TV Aerial Installation
    • Window Cleaning and Handyman Services
    • Sewing/Mending
    • Children's Clothes
    • Motor Services
  • Maps and Walks
  • Nature
  • Other Local Village Halls
  • Services and Utilities
  • Where to Stay / Eat
  • Village Ancestry Blog
    • Ancestry Archive
  • Links
  • Website Privacy Notice
  The Bishopstone Village Website
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​The History of Bishopstone

If you have any information, photographs or illustrations that might be of interest to others I should be happy to place it on this page.  Contact the editor (click here)

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Extract from the 1855 Directory for Wiltshire (Provided by Ralph Turvey)

 The sub-pages contain a wealth of information about the history of the village.  They include:
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  • The village photo archive. This includes photographs of pages from two albums produced by Elizabeth Gallop up to 1981. They cover the different parts of the village and show the makeup of areas and the houses in those areas with descriptions of the history. 
  • A page about the Arts Society (NADFAS) church recording project, which compiled a detailed record of the contents of St John the Baptist Church in 2017.
  • A transcription, with illustrations, of a record of the church architecture compiled in 1845.
  • A photo archive of the celebrations in the village to mark the Queen’s Jubilee in 2012.
To make enquiries about family history in Bishopstone please go to the Village Ancestry Blog.
A HISTORY OF BISHOPSTONE VILLAGE
This file contains an essay into the historical and social background of the village written by Michal Clark whilst at Teacher Training College.  Michal was a pupil at the village school.
bishopstone_history_essay_by_michal_clark.pdf
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British History Online

A full and authoritive account of the village of Bishopstone from British History Online, published by the University of London & History of Parliament Trust can be found here.

Wiltshire Community History Website

A great deal of information, photographs and more about Bishopstone is held on the Wiltshire Council Community History website see:  http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=21 
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