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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fovant like this:
FOVANT, or Foffont, a parish in Wilton district, Wilts; on the river Avon, adjacent to the Salisbury and Exeter railway, 2 miles SW by W of Dinton r. station, and 7 WSW of Wilton. It has a post office, of the name of Fovant, under Salisbury. Acres, 2, 160. Real property, with Sutton-Mandeville, £5, 351. ...
Rated property of F. alone, £2, 701. Pop., 600. Houses, 129. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, 465.* Patron, the Earl of Pembroke. The church is ancient; has a fine tower, and a curious brass of 1492, and was recently in disrepair.
Fovant is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fovant itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fovant in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11763
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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