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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sherrington like this:
SHERRINGTON, a parish in Warminster district, Wilts; near Codford r. station, and 3¼ miles SE of Heytesbury. Post town, Heytesbury, under Bath. Acres, 1,280. Real property, £1,131. Pop., 187. Houses, 43. The manor belongs to the Rev. P. A. Fane. An ancient castle of the Giffards was here, and is now represented by a moated mound. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £238.* Patron, the Rev. A. Fane. The church is good.
Sherrington is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sherrington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sherrington in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12093
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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