In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Poulshot like this:
POULSHOT, a parish in Devizes district, Wilts;on an affluent of the river Avon, 2½ miles S S E of Seend r.station, and 3½ S W by W of Devizes. It has a post-office under Devizes. Acres, 1, 589. Real property, £3, 961. Pop., 334. Houses, 73. The manor belongs to W. Long, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £463.* Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church was recently restored. There is an endowed school with £11 a year.
Poulshot through time
Poulshot is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Poulshot itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Poulshot, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12064
Date accessed: 17th April 2024
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