Keynsham & Saltford
Local History Society
Official Records - Families, Births, Burials, Marriages, School Registers
The following provides information on some historical births, burials, and marriages. We have also produced some school records and details of listed buildings in Keynsham and Saltford. At the end of this page, we have also included a summary of some people and families that have been prominent within the towns of Keynsham and Saltford.
Below you will find records associated with each church or school that we have been able to access and transcribe. They have been reproduced with the kind permission of Doug Williams, Phil Brookman and Lee Paltridge who conducted the transcriptions, and kindly allowed them to be reproduced for this website.
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Copying of these records is permitted but only for non-profit purposes. We have consciously only reproduced records that are over 100 years old.
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If you wish to access a particular record, simply hover over the hyper-link for the period you are interested in and you can download that record.
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Please note that these records have been transcribed from microfiche and as such there may be some inaccuracies or incomplete entries.
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If you need full access, we recommend you contact the South West Heritage Trust. A link to their website can be accessed by clicking the below button.
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Keynsham St John the Baptist Church
Saltford St Mary's Church
Keynsham Baptist Church
Credit: Transcribed by Sue Tatford from Society records
Keynsham Wesleyan Methodist
Keynsham School Admissions
Keynsham Parochial Infant School Registers 1865 -1895
Keynsham Parochial Infant School Registers 1895 -1905
Keynsham Parochial Infant School Registers 1905 -1918
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Credit: By kind permission of Ms Adrienne Hughes (Head Teacher of St Kenya Primary School, recorded by Brian Vowles and Transcribed by Sue Tatford.
Keynsham & Saltford Listed Buildings
Credit: Compiled by Gill Clarke from BANES records.
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Families & People
In this section we provide a summary description of some of the people and families who have had a role within the history of Keynsham and Saltford.
The Wingrove Family
The Wingrove family were prominent in Keynsham from the early 19th century. William Wingrove, a surgeon born in Bath in 1782, inherited property through his wife Eliza Rich. They had ten children, some of whom experienced early deaths, travelled to India, or emigrated to Australia. After William’s death in 1832, Eliza struggled financially and eventually sold their home. Several daughters returned as widows, and only a few family members remained in England. The last surviving Wingrove, Matilda, died in 1903. Despite the decline of the family line, the Wingrove name remained associated with Keynsham for many years thereafter.
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The photo opposite, is of the Wingrove public house, Queens Road, Keynsham.
Credit: Summary of article produced by Sue Tatford in Journal Series 3 Vol 1 2020 (p.29)
Lucy Annie Cox
Lucy Annie Cox, born in Keynsham in 1894, was inspired by her pacifist father to pursue a life of activism and politics. After excelling academically, she became a teacher and joined the Independent Labour Party. A staunch pacifist, she served as secretary of the No More War Movement, advocating disarmament nationwide. She later focused on Labour politics, standing in several parliamentary elections and winning Plymouth Sutton in 1945. Active on international and local issues, she later edited Women in the Labour Movement. Despite fading from local memory, Lucy Middleton (née Cox) remained a committed advocate for peace and social justice until her death in 1983.
Credit: Summary of article produced by Brian Vowles in Journal Series 2, Volume 17, 2017 (p.33)
The Veale Family
The Veale family significantly shaped Keynsham’s community in the 19th and early 20th centuries through business, religion, and civic life. Descended from James Veale (b.1791), they evolved from laborers into middle-class shopkeepers, teachers, and civil servants. William Veale (b.1849) established a successful butcher’s business, while his children ran grocery, tailoring, and hardware shops. The family had strong ties to the Baptist Church, with several members serving as deacons. Other Veales worked in railways, gardening, and blacksmithing. Despite their deep local roots and influence, the Veales have largely vanished from modern Keynsham, remembered now through records and community memory.
Credit: Summary of article produced by Joy Cannam in Journal Series 2 Volume 11, 2011 (p.11).
