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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hilmarton like this:
HILLMARTON, a village and a parish in Calne district, Wilts. The village stands 3½ miles NNE of Calne r. station, and 7 SW by W of Wootton-Bassett; and has a post office under Calne.—The parish includes also the hamlets of Catcomb, Corton, Beversbrook, Goatacre, Pen, and Cleveancy. ...
Acres, 4, 182. Real property, £7, 727. Pop., 787. Houses, 181. The manor belongs to Thomas H. A. Poynder, Esq. Brick clay occurs, and building stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £399. Patron, the Crown. The church is later English, and was restored by the late Thomas Poynder, Esq. Chapels were formerly at Corton and Whitcombe. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £14.
Hilmarton is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hilmarton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hilmarton in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11816
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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