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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ebbesbourne Wake like this:
EBBESBORNE-WAKE, a parish in Wilton district, Wilts; on the Downs, 4¾ miles SE by S of Tisbury r. station, and 8 SW of Wilton. Post town, Broad-Chalk, under Salisbury. Acres, 2, 762. Real property, with Fifield-Bavant, £3, 129. Pop., 326. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £130. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is Norman, in tolerable condition; and there is an Independent chapel.
Ebbesbourne Wake is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ebbesbourne Wake itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ebbesbourne Wake in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11730
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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