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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Staverton like this:
STAVERTON, a chapelry in Trowbridge district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 2 miles N of Trowbridge r. station. It was constituted in 1839. Post town, Trowbridge. Pop., 580. Houses, 126. Cloth manufacture is carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £100. Patron, the Church Patronage Society.
Staverton is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Staverton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Staverton in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12107
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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