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CHISLEDON, a village and a parish in Highworth district, Wilts. The village stands 4 miles SE of Swindon r. station, and 8 S of Highworth; and has a post office under Swindon. The parish includes also the tythings of Badbury and Hodson. Acres, 4, 750. Real property, £8, 881. Pop., 1, 206. Houses, 262. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £173.* Patron, H. Calley, Esq. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chiseldon Parish Swindon and Highworth Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Chiseldon |
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