Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Highworth

Highworth, small town and par. with ry. sta., N. Wilts, 6 miles NE. of Swindon, 10, 504 ac., pop. 3302; PO., T.O.; 2 Banks; is situated on an eminence near the Vale of the White Horse.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Highworth AP/CP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Highworth

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