Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PITMEAD

PITMEAD, a place in the S W of Wilts; on the river Wiley, near warminster. A Roman pavement, 116 feet by 10, was found here in 1786; and another, 19 feetsquare, together with baths and other Roman relics, wasfound in 1800.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wiltshire Ancient County
Place: Pitmead

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