Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARGARET (ST.)

MARGARET (ST.), a village within the borough of Marlborough, in Wilts; on the river Kennet, opposite Marlborough. A Gilbertine priory was founded here before the time of King John; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Stringers.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village within the borough of Marlborough"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wiltshire Ancient County
Place names: MARGARET ST     |     ST MARGARET
Place: St Margaret

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