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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tilshead like this:
TILSHEAD, a parish, with a village, in Amesbury district, Wilts; 7½ miles N by E of Wiley r. station, and 9 S by E of Devizes. It has a post-office under Devizes. Acres, 3,990. Real property, £2,933. Pop., 500. Houses, 108 The property is divided among a few. There are several barrows. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £200.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently restored and enlarged. There is a national school.
Tilshead is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tilshead itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tilshead in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12124
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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