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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Berwick Bassett like this:
BERWICK-BASSETT, a parish in Marlborough district, Wilts; 6 miles S by E of Wootton-Bassett r. station, and 6½ NW of Marlborough. Post Town, Winterbourne-Bassett, under Swindon. Acres, 1,388. Real property, £1,643. Pop., 171. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united in 1866 with Winterbourne-Monkton, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of S.
Berwick Bassett is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Berwick Bassett itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Berwick Bassett in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11550
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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