In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chittoe like this:
CHITTOE, or Chitway, a tything in Bishops-Canning parish, and a chapelry in Bishops-Canning and Bromham parishes, Wilts. The tything lies on the Roman road to Bath, 4½ miles NE by E of Melksham r. station, and 5 NW of Devizes. Acres, 1, 100. Real property, £1, 275. Pop., 180. Houses, 44. The chapelry was constituted in 1846. Post town, Bromham, under Chippenham. Pop., 382. Houses, 85. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £90. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury.
Chittoe through time
Chittoe is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chittoe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chittoe, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11686
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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