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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clack like this:
CLACK, a chapelry in Lyneham parish, Wilts; near the Great Western railway, 5 miles SW of Wootton-Bassett. Pop., 370. Fairs are held on 5 April and 10 Oct. Clack hill has ancient earthworks. The living is a p. curacy. Value, £110. The church was built in 1866.
Clack is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clack itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clack in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24114
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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