rectory was low, and in 1953 it was stated that no rector had resided at Great Chalfield for many years. The benefice was united with Broughton Gifford in 1956, and the incumbent was to live at Broughton Gifford; from 1974 the united benefice was held in plurality with Holt. Today the church is part of the benefice of Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield and Holt. The parish registers survive for the following dates: christenings 1545–1991, marriages 1608–1993, burials 1581–1985. Notable people In the 15th century Thomas Tropenell (c. 1405–1488) built much of the small village of Great Chalfield, including the manor, where he lived, and amassed a large landed estate. The Tropenell Cartulary manuscript, still kept at Great Chalfield Manor, was compiled for him as a record of his property acquisitions. In 1809, the antiquary Richard Warner was appointed rector of the parish. He may never have resided, but in 1830 The Edinburgh literary journal noted "Some of our readers may perhaps ask Who is the Rev. Richard Warner? We can only answer, that he is the Rector of Great Chalfield, Wilts". Bibliography Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, in Examples of Gothic architecture (1821), A historical account of the Manor House and Church at Great Chalfield, Wiltshire online. Thomas Larkins Walker, The History and Antiquities of the Manor House and Church of Great Chalfield, Wiltshire, illustrated by Twenty-eight Plates of Plans, Elevations, Sections, Parts at large, and a Perspective View (1837) H. P. Pafford, ed., Accounts of the parliamentary garrisons of Great Chalfield and Malmesbury, 1645–1646 (Wiltshire Record Society, vol. 2, 1940) References Villages in Wiltshire Former civil parishes in Wiltshire