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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swallowcliffe like this:
SWALLOWCLIFFE, a parish in Tisbury district, Wilts; 1¾ mile SSE of Tisbury r. station. Post town, Tisbury, under Salisbury. Acres, 1,344. Rated property, £1,417. Pop., 317. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £80.* Patron, the Bishop of S. The church is good.
Swallowcliffe is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swallowcliffe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swallowcliffe in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12117
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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