Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Heytesbury

Heytesbury, vil. with ry. sta., Heytesbury cum Tytherington par., S. Wilts, on river Wiley, 4 miles SE. of Warminster; P.O., T.O.; has church of 13th century and an hospital founded in 1470; was a parl. bor. returning 2 members until 1832; at W. side of vil. is Heytesbury House, seat of Lord Heytesbury.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Heytesbury CP/AP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Heytesbury

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