In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Southbroom like this:
SOUTHBROOM, or St. James, a chapelry in Bishops-Cannings parish, Wilts; near Devizes r. station. Post town, Devizes. Acres, 2,648. Rated property, £7,980. Pop. in 1851, 2,517; in 1861, 2,773,-of whom 132 were in Devizes workhouse, 386 in the Wilts lunatic asylum, and 26 in Bellevue lunatic asylum. Houses, 454. The property is divided among a few. S. House is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Bishops-Cannings. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1 834.
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Southbroom through time
Southbroom is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Southbroom itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Southbroom, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25785
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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