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CLIFFE-PYPARD, a parish in Cricklade district, Wilts; 2 miles WNW of Broad-Hinton, and 3½ S by E of Wootton-Bassett r. station. It includes part of the village of Broad-Town; and its post town is Broad-Hinton, under Swindon. Acres, 3, 985. Real property, £7, 671. Pop., 910. Houses, 206. The manor, with Cliffe-Pypard House, belongs to H. N. Goddard, Esq. A whirlwind, in September 1856, destroyed several hundred trees on the manor-house grounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £450. Patron, H. N. Goddard, Esq. The church is an ancient edifice, with a tower; and contains a brass, with effigies, of 1380. Charities, £40.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Clyffe Pypard Parish Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Clyffe Pypard |
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