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

PITMEAD, a place in the S W of Wilts; on the river Wiley, near warminster. A Roman pavement, 116 feet by 10, was found here in 1786; and another, 19 feetsquare, together with baths and other Roman relics, wasfound in 1800.

Pitmead through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25569

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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