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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodborough like this:
WOODBOROUGH, a parish, with a village, in Pewsey district, Wilts; on the Mid-Wilts railway and the Kennet and Avon canal, 3½ miles W of Pewsey. It has a r. station and a wharf. Post town, Pewsey, under Marlborough. Acres, 1,015. Real property, £2,035. Pop., 406. Houses, 84. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £340. Patron, G. H. W. Heneage, Esq. The church was recently in bad condition. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £6.
Woodborough is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodborough itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodborough in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12173
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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