Place:Codford, Wiltshire, England

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NameCodford
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates51.158°N 2.047°W
Located inWiltshire, England
See alsoCodford St. Mary, Wiltshire, Englandcivil parish from which it was formed in 1934
Codford St. Peter, Wiltshire, Englandcivil parish from which it was formed in 1934
Warminster and Westbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district 1934-1974
West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England2009---
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Codford is a civil parish south of Salisbury Plain in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, England. Its settlements are the adjacent villages of Codford St. Mary and Codford St. Peter, which lie some 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Warminster.

The two villages are on the A36 road between Salisbury and Warminster. The A36 previously ran along the whole length of the High Street, but a bypass which was built in the 1990s removed the through traffic.

The Chitterne Brook flows north–south through the parish, then turns southeast to flow through Codford St Mary before joining the Wylye.

The ancient parishes of St Peter and St Mary became a united ecclesiastical benefice in 1930 and the civil parishes merged to become Codford in 1934.


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Research Tips

  • From this Ancestry page you can browse the Wiltshire parishes which have parish register transcripts online, quite often from very early dates. However, reading the early ones requires skill and patience. Transcriptions should also be in FamilySearch.
  • A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Wiltshire.
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