In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Yatesbury like this:

YATESBURY, a parish in Calne district, Wilts; 4½ miles E by N of Calne r. station. Post town, Calne, under Chippenham. Acres, 1,667. Real property, £2,529. Pop., 231. Houses, 57. The property is divided among three. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £510.* Patron, the Rev. A.Smith. The church was partly restored, partly rebuilt, in 1855. There is a Church school.

Yatesbury through time

Yatesbury is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Yatesbury itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yatesbury in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12186

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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