Wiltshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR ALY William A beggar Ogbourne St Andrew 1540/1 Jan 3 BUR ANDERSON William A poor traveller Corsham 1595 Jan2 BUR ANGEL William A vagabond of Chippenham Collingbourne Kingstone 1702 Oct 23 BUR ARCHER (ORCHARD) John Aged 76 pauper widower (both spellings given) Liddinngton 1784 Feb 9 BUR ASTRIGE Daniel s/o Daniel a traveller Collingbourne Kingstone 1722 Aug 12 BUR BAKER Ann a poor traveller Overton + Fyfield 1800 Nov 27 BUR BALEN Thomas a traveller Manningford Abbots 1694 Apr 7 BUR BALEN Walter traveller Overton + Fyfield 1729 Mar 13 BUR BARRINGTON Mary traveller Wroughton 1764 Dec 6 BUR BARTEN Michael s/o a travelling woman Collingbournne Kingstone 1768 Feb 16 BUR BECK Jeremiah a stranger Sherston 1727 Oct 16 BUR BLAKE William a stranger Devizes (St John) 1732 Mar 6 BUR BRIND Margaret d/o Thomas a pedlar of Faringdon Wanborough 1639 Dec 15 BUR BROWN Henry sojourner Overton + Fyfield 1749 Oct 13 BUR BUTLER George a traveller Wroughton 1772 Feb 29 BUR BYFISH Dorothey stranger Pewsey 1676 Apr 5 BUR CLARK James (75) a traveller died in Mr Ford’s barn Collingbourne Kingstone 1831 Jul 18 BUR COLEMAN Tho traveller Overton + Fyfield 1729 Jan 27 BUR COOPER Sophia (16) sojourner Wroughton 1815 Sep 1 BUR COOPER William stranger hair preparer drowned Castle Mill Pond Preshute 1786 Apr 1 BUR CORK Henry stranger found hanging at Elcot (name from letter in pocket) Preshute 1785 Jun5 BUR COSINS Jane d/o Jane a travelling woman Overton + Fyfield 1711 Oct 31 BUR CROMWELL John a vagrant Ashton Keynes 1699 Mar 10 BUR CRUMWELL Thomas a walking man Ashton Keynes 1664 Dec 26 BUR DREW William (34) no abode a traveller in a canal boat Bishops Cannings 1835 Apr 8 BUR DRIVER William vagrant or traveller on poor rate Milton Lilbourne 1792 Oct 21 BUR DRUETT William s/o William wanderer Pewsey 1722 Apr 24 BUR DUCK Steven s/o Thomas a stranger Corsham 1698 Dec 30 BUR EVANS Eleanor d/o Robert + Eleanor traveller Preshute 1676 May 22 BUR FREEMANTLE Jonathan a stranger Little Bedwin 1801 Apr 26 BUR FULMAS Helen d/o a poor walking woman Burbage 1636 Mar 3 RTFHS Wiltshire Travellers Parish Register Collection Page 1 Wiltshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR ILES John vagrant Ashton Keynes 1707 Feb 4 BUR GABB Job a strange infant Corsham 1713 Feb 14 BUR GIBBINS William s/o a traveller Burbage 1707 Jul 4 BUR GODING Henry a wandering old man Wanborough 1622 Dec 27 BUR GOODWIN Jane poor travelling woman Liddington 1747 Nov 20 BUR GREGORY John stranger found dead in the snow Hannington 1627 Jan 12 BUR GURGELL William wandering boy Stanton St Bernard 1685 Nov 18 BUR GUTRICH Thomas Whipt at Devizes Sent to Badmanton in Glos by pass Corsham 1624 Feb 4 BUR HALL Henry a stranger from Stonehouse Sherston 1746 Dec 5 BUR HARPER William (60) traveller Liddington 1776 Jan 16 BUR HART Elizabeth a travelling pauper Wanborough 1772 Nov 2 BUR HOWARD Constance travelling person Wroughton 1692 May 3 BUR HOWELL Silagh w/o William a walking woman Ashton Keynes 1671 Mar 28 BUR HOWS Robert A poor traveller Overton + Fyfield 1802 Oct 24 BUR HUCHESON Elizabeth d/o Richard a stranger Devizes (St John) 1714 may 14 BUR JOHNSON Thomas a vagrant Ashton Keynes 1704 Jun 25 BUR KIMBER John traveller pauper Little Bedwin 1792 Jan 17 BUR KIMISTER James poor travelling boy Woodborough 1746 Nov 19 BUR KING Daniel a stranger brought to this parish Easton Royal 1754 Nov 23 BUR KORKE Samuel a stranger staymaker Devizes (St John) 1732 May 19 (no name BUR LANDER a poor man a stranger of Warminster Corsham 1597 Aug 1 given) (no name BUR LAWRENCE a vagrant Aldbourne 1750 Jan 22 given) ORCHARD or BUR John (76) widower pauper (Both surname spelling given) Liddington 1784 Feb 9 ARCHER BUR ORCHARD John (64) a poor chimney sweeper Liddington 1807 Jan 29 BUR ORCHARD Jonathan (6 wks) bb d/o Penilla a tramper Baydon 1835 Apr 17 BUR PEACK William a stranger Stert 1749 May 12 BUR PENDERIN Mary d/o John + Mary travellers Preshute 1668 Nov 4 BUR PHILIPS John a travelling boy MInety 1722 Apr 19 BUR PHILLIPS Rebeckah d/o a travelling man Preshute 1776 Jan 7 RTFHS Wiltshire Travellers Parish Register Collection Page 2 Wiltshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR POUND James a vagrant Wanborough 1741 Dec 26 BUR POWEL James a traveller Aldbourne 1739 Apr 6 BUR POWELL John a vagrant boy Bishopstone (N) 1712 Feb 11 BUR PROVOST Mary d/o a vagabond died in a sheep house Bishopstone (N) 1699 Jul 23 BUR READE Mary d/o Thomas a wandering man Wanborough 1625 Jul 4 BUR ROBERTSON Anne a poor traveller buried by alms of the parish Etchilhampton 1697 Nov 19 BUR ROBINS William a wanderer Wanborough 1622 Mar 25 BUR ROGERS William a stranger Wanborough 1684 Apr 30 BUR TAYLOR Marian (18) traveller from Wheatsheaf murdered by companion man Preshute 1826 Oct 22 (no name BUR TAYLOR Widow vagabond Bishopstone (N) 1658 Sep 12 given) BUR TEMPLEMAN Thomas a vagrant beggar Burbage 1691 Jan 15 BUR TURNER Betty a stranger Minety 1761 Sep 15 BUR TURNER Thomas a traveller pf Cassington, Oxon Wroughton 1775 Jul 12 BUR SANDAL (not given) sojourner woman Aldbourne 1747 Jan 14 BUR SELBY (not given) a woman that was carried with a pass Ashton Keynes 1726 Mar 29 BUR SHEPARD Hugh a stranger Devizes (St J) 1732 Mar 26 BUR SHEPHERD Wm (William) vagrant beggar died in Wolf Hall barn Burbage 1687 Dec 18 BUR SHORE John stranger and supposed murdered in Brickers Barn Dec. 18 Corsham 1799 Dec 21 BUR SMITH Jane common beggar smallpox Ogbourne St Andrew 1698 Jan 23 (no name BUR SMITH child of Thomas show maker Devizes (St J) 1731 Jan 27 given) BUR STANLEY Susanna traveller’s child Burbage 1763 May 27 BUR STANLEY John ( 2 weeks) s/o Richard + Frances wayfarers of Savernake Forest Preshute 1813 May 24 BUR STEEVENS Joan a poor woman that came from Little Hinton Burbage 1599 Feb 7 BUR STRATTON George travelling man Stanton St Bernard 1588 Mar 27 BUR SWETING Edward poor traveller late of Folkestone, Kent Corsham 1588 May 28 BUR SYMS Robert a poor walking man died Wolf Hall Burbage 1617 Jan 23 BUR VINAR John a stranger Ogbourne St George 1694 Mar 24 BUR WAGER James a stranger Preshute 1809 Mar 11 BUR WALKER Anne a travelling woman’s child Mildenhall 1698 Sep 20 RTFHS Wiltshire Travellers Parish Register Collection Page 3 Wiltshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR WELSHE Joan a stranger travelling from London Wanborough 1587 May 11 BUR WHITELOCK Alice (11 weeks) tramper’s child Baydon 1834 Aug18 BUR WILKINSON Alse d/o Catherine traveller Aldbourne 1689 Oct 15 BUR WILLIAMS Mary Ann (4) no abode gypsies or campers Baydon 1831 May 5 BUR WOODS Hannah wife of a traveller Etchilhampton 1756 Feb 20 BUR XMASS Joan wife of Reuben a traveller All Cannings 1717 Jul 25 RTFHS Wiltshire Travellers Parish Register 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