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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Yatton Keynell like this:
YATTON-KEYNELL, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; 4 miles WNW of Chippenham r. station. It has a post-office under Chippenham. Acres, 1,749. Real property, £3,488; of which £12 are in quarries. Pop., 554. Houses, 117. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £500.* Patron, B. Pinniger, Esq. The church was lately restored. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
Yatton Keynell is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Yatton Keynell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yatton Keynell in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12187
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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