In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chiseldon like this:
CHISLEDON, a village and a parish in Highworth district, Wilts. The village stands 4 miles SE of Swindon r. station, and 8 S of Highworth; and has a post office under Swindon. The parish includes also the tythings of Badbury and Hodson. Acres, 4, 750. Real property, £8, 881. Pop., 1, 206. Houses, 262. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £173.* Patron, H. Calley, Esq. The church is good.
Chiseldon through time
Chiseldon is now part of Swindon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Swindon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chiseldon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chiseldon, in Swindon and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11684
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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