Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TOCKENHAM

TOCKENHAM, a parish in Cricklade district, Wilts; 2¾ miles SW of Wootton-Bassett r. station. Post town, Wootton-Bassett, under Swindon. Acres, 761. Real property, £1,682. Pop., 157. Houses, 36. T. House is the seat of the Buxtons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury Value, £283.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Charities, £29.


(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: Tockenham Parish       Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Poor Law Union/Registration District       Wiltshire Ancient County
Place: Tockenham

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