Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GARSDON

GARSDON, a parish in Malmsbury district, Wilts; 2 miles ENE of Malmsbury, and 5½ WSW of Minety r. station. Post town, Malmsbury, under Chippenham. Acres, 1, 136. Real property, with Lea, £4, 815. Rated property of G. alone, £1, 486. Pop., 206. Houses, 39. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Lea, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £ 441.* Patron, F. Gale, Esq. The church is modern.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Garsdon CP/AP       Malmesbury RegD/PLU       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Garsdon

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