In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Berwick Bassett like this:
BERWICK-BASSETT, a parish in Marlborough district, Wilts; 6 miles S by E of Wootton-Bassett r. station, and 6½ NW of Marlborough. Post Town, Winterbourne-Bassett, under Swindon. Acres, 1,388. Real property, £1,643. Pop., 171. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united in 1866 with Winterbourne-Monkton, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of S.
Berwick Bassett through time
Berwick Bassett is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Berwick Bassett itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Berwick Bassett, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11550
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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