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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beechingstoke like this:
BEECHING-STOKE, a parish in Devizes district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 2 miles S of the Kennet and Avon canal, and 6 ESE of Devizes r. station. It has a post office under Devizes. Acres, 880. Real property, £1,893. Pop., 180. Houses, 44. The property is divided among four. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £293.* Patron, G. W. Heneage, Esq. The church is tolerable.
Beechingstoke is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beechingstoke itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beechingstoke in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11534
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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