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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dilton Marsh like this:
DILTON-MARSH, a chapelry in Westbury parish, Wilts; on the Westbury and Yeovil railway, adjacent to the boundary with Somerset, 2½ miles WSW of Westbury. It was constituted in 1845; is partly identical with Dilton chapelry; and has a post office under Westbury. Rated property, £5, 271. Pop., 1, 561. Houses, 380. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is recent; and there are charities £93.
Dilton Marsh is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dilton Marsh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dilton Marsh in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11719
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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