Place:


Pewsham  Wiltshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pewsham like this:

PEWSHAM, an extra-parochial tract in Chippenham district, Wilts; 1½ mile S E by S of Chippenham. Real property, £2, 772. Pop., 462. Houses, 95. The ancient royal forest of P. extended from Chippenham to Devizes.

Pewsham through time

Pewsham is now part of North Wiltshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Wiltshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pewsham itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pewsham in North Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12060

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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