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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tockenham like this:
TOCKENHAM, a parish in Cricklade district, Wilts; 2¾ miles SW of Wootton-Bassett r. station. Post town, Wootton-Bassett, under Swindon. Acres, 761. Real property, £1,682. Pop., 157. Houses, 36. T. House is the seat of the Buxtons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury Value, £283.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Charities, £29.
Tockenham is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tockenham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tockenham in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12125
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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