Christ Church history
Christ Church has had many faithful documenters over the years. Denis Bird has provided us with an
invauluable archive of
historic photographs of Christ Church. While Brian Bridgeman and
Teresa Squires compiled the story of Christ Church, Parish Church of Swindon and its community
from 1851-2001.
Photos:
We've uploaded lots of photographs that have been taken of Christ Church and the older Holy Rood Church, in the Lawns, so why not take a look?
The Armin-Grewe website
also has some nice old photographs of Swindon.
The burial grounds
Christ Church's burial ground is a haven of peace and quiet and it's the final resting place of many generations
of Swindonians. We've produced a plan of the burial grounds
which you may find useful if you wish to visit the Church grounds.
Burial ground database
Although we don't hold our own parish registers, we have taken some of our burial records (1905 - 2010) and added them to a database that
you can search through on this website. You can find the database here.
Photographs of many of the graves are available on
Duncan and Mandy Ball's excellent website and they've also done a survey of Churches in Wiltshire which you can
view here.
Take a tour of our Church building
Click here for a descriptive tour of our Church building, complete with photos.
Parish registers
Our parish registers are stored by the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre - and contain the details of births, marriages and deaths in our parish dating back to 1623. Find out more here.
