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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chilmark like this:
CHILMARK, a village and a parish in Tisbury district, Wilts. The village stands near the Roman road to Bath, 2¾ miles WNW of Dinton r. station, and 4 E of Hindon, and has a post office under Salisbury, and a fair on 30 July. The parish includes also the tything of Rudge. Acres, 3, 154. Real property, with Fonthill-Bishop, £5, 008. ...
Pop., 642. Houses, 134. The property is divided among a few. Part of the surface is down. A Portland bed freestone, which furnished the material for Salisbury cathedral, is extensively quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £426. Patron, the Earl of Pembroke. The church is excellent. John de Chilmark, the "Archimedes" of the time of Richard II., was a native.
Chilmark is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chilmark itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chilmark in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11680
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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