St Vigor's & St John's

Genealogy Research

If you are tracing your family tree or wish to find out details from our parish registers, we may be able to help. We also maintain records of burial plots at both churches but please note that there may be gaps in the records for older burial plots.

St. John’s (Chilcompton) and St. Vigor’s (Stratton-on-the-Fosse) retain more recent registers as detailed below.

RegisterSt. John’sSt. Vigor’s
Baptisms1968-date2004-date
Weddings1981-date2006-date
Funerals2003-date2006-date

Historical parish records regarding Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals are held by South West Heritage Trust: –
– For St. John’s, Chilcompton, see here
– For St. Vigor’s, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, see here

For further information, please Contact the Editor who will be happy to let you know if we can assist. Please note that fees may be payable and that we are not able to assist with research into records maintained by South West Heritage Trust.

Refurbishment
Update on Tuesday 5th September

Planning to visit St. John’s Church, Chilcompton? Please note that our planned works require another few days to complete. Therefore, the building will now be closed to visitors from Wednesday 6th September until Friday 8th September inclusive to enable further work to the refurbishment of the chancel floor to be carried out safely. The church will be open again to visitors from Saturday 9th September.

We apologise for any inconvenience.