In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Corston like this:
CORSTON, a tything-chapelry in St. Paul-Malmsbury parish, Wilts; 2¼ miles SSW of Malmsbury, and 7 N by E of Chippenham r. station. Post town, Malmsbury, under Chippenham. Pop., 315. Houses, 66. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Malmsbury, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is perpendicular English, and has an elegant bell-turret.
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Corston through time
Corston is now part of North Wiltshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Wiltshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Corston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Corston in North Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24329
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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