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TILSHEAD, a parish, with a village, in Amesbury district, Wilts; 7½ miles N by E of Wiley r. station, and 9 S by E of Devizes. It has a post-office under Devizes. Acres, 3,990. Real property, £2,933. Pop., 500. Houses, 108 The property is divided among a few. There are several barrows. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £200.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently restored and enlarged. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tilshead Parish Amesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Tilshead |
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