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BRADENSTOKE, a hill in Lyneham parish, Wilts; adjacent to the Wilts and Berks canal and to the Great Western railway, 5a miles SW by W of Wotton-Basset. An Augaaastinian Abbey was founded here, in 1142, by Walter D'Evereux; given, at the dissolution, to Richard Pexel; and sold by his heirs to the Methuens of Corsham. Remains of it still stand, showing features of decorated English, and are used as a farmhouse.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hill" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
| Administrative units: | Lyneham Parish Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Bradenstoke |
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