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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Patney like this:
PATNEY, a parish in Devizes district, Wilts; on the river Avon, and on the Mid-Wilts railway, 3 miles W by S of Woodborough r. station, and 4½ E S E of Devizes Post-town, Devizes. Acres, 830. Real property, £1, 532. Pop., 154. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Radnor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £225.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is ancient but good, and has a wooden spire. There is a national school.
Patney is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Patney itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Patney in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12058
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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