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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whorwellsdown like this:
WHORWELSDOWN, a hundred in the W of Wilts; containing 5 parishes and a part. Acres, 19,308. Pop., 5,505. Houses, 1,234.
Whorwellsdown is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whorwellsdown itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whorwellsdown in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20845
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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