Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Rodbourne Cheney. You may be able to find further references to Rodbourne Cheney in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Rodborne Cheney parish Bartholomew
RODBORNE-CHENEY a parish Imperial
Rodbourne Lane Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Rodbourne Cheney.

Place Type of entry Source
Even Swindon hamlet Bartholomew
EVEN-SWINDON a tything Imperial
Haydon and Haydon Wick 2 hamlets Bartholomew
HAYDON AND HAYDON-WICK a tything Imperial
MOREDON a tything Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Haydon 1 2
Even Swindon 0 2
Upper Stratton 0 2
New Swindon 0 1
Blunsdon St Andrew 0 3
Swindon 12 2
Stratton St Margaret 0 2
Broad Blunsdon 0 2
Lydiard Millicent 0 3
Stanton Fitzwarren 0 2
Purton 0 2
Lydiard Tregoze 1 2
South Marston 0 2
Cricklade 11 3
Kingsbridge 0 2
Eisey 0 2
Wroughton 0 2
Castle Eaton 0 2
Hannington 1 2
Braydon 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Rodbourne Cheney. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
RODBORNE CHENEY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
RODBOURNE LANE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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