Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Little Bedwyn. You may be able to find further references to Little Bedwyn in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Bedwin, Little parish Bartholomew
BEDWIN, or Bedwyn (Little) a parish Imperial
Little Bedwyn parish Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Little Bedwyn.

Place Type of entry Source
Chisenbury place with ancient camp Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Froxfield 1 2
Great Bedwyn 4 3
Kinwardstone 0 2
Shalbourne 1 1
Ramsbury 7 3
Leigh Hill 0 2
Savernake 2 6
Hungerford 14 2
Grafton 0 3
Burbage 0 2
Chilton Foliat 0 2
Ham 0 2
Furze Cope 0 2
Eddington 0 1
Mildenhall 0 2
Wootton Rivers 1 2
Inkpen 0 2
Buttermere 0 2
St Margaret 0 2
Easton Royal 2 3

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Little Bedwyn. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
BEDWIN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
BEDWIN LITTLE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
BEDWIN OR BEDWYN LITTLE John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
BEDWYN John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
BEDWYN LITTLE John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
LITTLE BEDWIN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
LITTLE BEDWYN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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