In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tilshead like this:
TILSHEAD, a parish, with a village, in Amesbury district, Wilts; 7½ miles N by E of Wiley r. station, and 9 S by E of Devizes. It has a post-office under Devizes. Acres, 3,990. Real property, £2,933. Pop., 500. Houses, 108 The property is divided among a few. There are several barrows. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £200.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently restored and enlarged. There is a national school.
Tilshead through time
Tilshead is now part of Salisbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how Salisbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tilshead itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tilshead, in Salisbury and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12124
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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