Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLACK

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lyneham CP/AP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Clack

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