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CLATFORD, a tything in Preshute parish, Wilts; 1 ½ mile SW of Marlborough. Pop., 90. A priory, subordinate to Caux abbey in Normandy, was founded here at the Conquest by Sir Roger Mortimer. A cromlech, about 10 feet high, called the Devil's Den, is in the winding vale of Clatford Bottom.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tything" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Clatford |
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