Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHISENBURY

CHISENBURY, a tything in Enfield parish, Wilts; on the river Avon, 8 miles N of Amesbury. Pop., 149. Chisenbury Priory is the seat ofGrove, Esq. Chisenbury Camp, or Trendle, is a circular earthwork of about 6 acres, formed by a bank 16 feet high.


(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: Chisenbury

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