Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BECKHAMPTON

BECKHAMPTON, a tything in Avebury parish, Wilts; on the Downs, 6 miles W of Marlborough. Here are. several barrows, two large Druidic stones, and a ruined ancient chapel. Pop., 155.


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

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Feature Description: "a tything"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wiltshire AncC

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