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BREMILHAM, or Cowage, a parish in Malmesbury district, Wilts; on the river Avon, near Akeman-street, 2 miles SW by W of Malmesbury, and 9 WSW of Minety r. station. Post Town, Malmesbury, under Chippenham. Acres, 433. Real property, with Westport and Foxley, £6,335. Pop., 29. Houses, 5. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £121. Patron, the Hon. and Rev. R. Bowles. The church is good.
(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: | Bremilham Parish Malmesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BREMILHAM | BREMILHAM OR COWAGE | COWAGE |
| Place: | Bremilham |
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