Boreham, Wiltshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Boreham. You may be able to find further references to Boreham in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Boreham hamlet Bartholomew
BOREHAM a hamlet Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Pitmead 0 1
Norton Bavant 1 2
Bishopstrow 1 2
Warminster 26 3
Sutton Veny 0 2
Tytherington 0 2
Heytesbury 10 4
Longbridge Deverill 1 2
Upton Scudamore 0 2
Corton 0 2
Dilton 0 2
Hill Deverill 0 2
Knook 0 2
Corsley 0 2
Westbury Leigh 0 3
Westbury 4 3
Upton Lovell 0 2
Brixton Deverill 0 2
Boyton 0 2
Bratton 3 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Boreham. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
BOREHAM John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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