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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Baverstock like this:
BAVERSTOCK, a parish in Wilton district, Wilts; on the river Nadder and on the Salisbury and Yeovil railway, near Dinton station, 4 miles W of Wilton. It includes the hamlet of Hurdcott; and its Post Town is Barford-St. Martin, under Salisbury. Acres, 1,168. Real property, with Barford-St. Martin, £5,984. Pop., 168. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £296.* Patron, Exeter college, Oxford. The church is good.
Baverstock is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Baverstock itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Baverstock in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11522
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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