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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rollestone like this:
ROLLSTONE, a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts; on Salisbury plain, 5½ miles W by N of Amesbury, and 6¼ N E of Wiley r. station. Post-town, Shrewton, under Devizes. Acres, 836. Real property, with Shrewton and Maddington, £7, 295. Pop. of R. alone, 52. Houses, 10. The manor belongs to W. A. Heathcote, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £150. Patron, the Lord Chancellor The church is ancient, and was recently restored.
Rollestone is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rollestone itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rollestone in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12076
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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