In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fyfield like this:

FYFIELD, a parish in Marlborough district, Wilts; 2¾ miles WS W of Marlborough r. station, and 11 S by W of Swindon. Post town, Marlborough. Acres, with West Overton township, Lockeridge tything, and Overton Heath and Clatford Park extra-parochial tracts, 5, 400. Real property, with West Overton, East Overton, and Lockeridge, £6, 156. Pop. of F. alone, 200. Houses, 30. Fyfield House is the seat of the Penrud-docks. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Overton, in the diocese of Salisbury.

Fyfield through time

Fyfield is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fyfield itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fyfield in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11770

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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