Christ Church history
Christ Church has had many faithful documenters over the years. Denis Bird provided us with an
invaluable archive of
historic photographs of Christ Church. Brian Bridgeman and
Teresa Squires compiled the story of Christ Church, Parish Church of Swindon and its community
from 1851-2001. It is a fascinating read and you can
buy the book here.
Dennis & Brian also provided us with a large selection of historic photographs of the town. You can
see a selection in our
Swindon Past & Present Album.
If you can add information to any of the pictures
or correct us where we have things wrong then please feel free to use the comment feature under each
picture or contact us at
s.grosvenor@gmail.com.
Photo albums
Click on one of the thumbnails below to view the album in a new window:
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 Swindon Web
also has some interesting stories and background on Swindon's past. The Swindon Central
Library holds a brilliant archive
online here on Flickr.
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.
For those researching local burials, the Friends of Radnor Street Cemetery also
have an excellent site 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.
