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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Slaughterford like this:
SLAUGHTERFORD, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; 3¾ miles NW of Corsham r. station. Post town, Chippenham. Acres, with Biddestone-St. Nicholas, 2,291. Real property of S. alone, £1,275. Pop., 141. Houses, 29. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Biddestone. The church is ancient but good.
Slaughterford is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Slaughterford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Slaughterford in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12097
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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