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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chisenbury like this:
CHISENBURY, a tything in Enfield parish, Wilts; on the river Avon, 8 miles N of Amesbury. Pop., 149. Chisenbury Priory is the seat ofGrove, Esq. Chisenbury Camp, or Trendle, is a circular earthwork of about 6 acres, formed by a bank 16 feet high.
Chisenbury is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chisenbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chisenbury in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25551
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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