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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bulford like this:
BULFORD, a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts: on the river Avon, 2 miles NNE of Amesbury, and 4¾ N by W of Porton r. station. Post Town, Amesbury, under Salisbury. Acres, 3,475. Real property, with Durrington and Milston, £7,235. Pop., 383. Houses, 78. Bulford House is a chief residence. Some Druidical stones occur; and an earthwork, supposed to represent an ancient British village, is adjacent within Durrington. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £75. Patron, Dr. Southby. The church is picturesque; and there is an Independent chapel.
Bulford is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bulford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bulford in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11645
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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