Blunsdon-St-Andrew genealogy heraldry and family history resources

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Description

Blunsdon-St-Andrew, a parish in Wilts, 3 miles SE of Cricklade station on the M.R. and S.W.R. Post town, Swindon; money order and telegraph office, Stratton St Margaret. Acreage, 3784; population, 902. The titheing of Blunsdon-St-Leonard (or Broad Blunsdon) was united with Blunsdon-St-Andrew in 1884, and together form one civil parish, under the name of Blunsdon-St-Andrew, but are still separate ecclesiastically. Population of St Andrew, 109 ; of St Leonard, 793. The church of St Leonard is a handsome stone building in the Early English style; it was restored in 1872. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £283 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church of St Andrew is a small stone building in the Early English style. The living is a rectory; net value, £177. There are also Methodist, Baptist, and Wesleyan chapels. Blunsdon Abbey is a seat in the neighbourhood.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5


Census

Below are links to all of the Blunsdon-St-Andrew census returns available online, with the dates the census' were taken
6th June 1841
30th March 1851
7th April 1861
2nd April 1871
3rd April 1881
5th April 1891
31st March 1901