Place:Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire, England

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NameBrixton Deverill
Alt namesBrixton-Deverillsource: alternate spelling
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.148°N 2.197°W
Located inWiltshire, England
See alsoHeytesbury Hundred, Wiltshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Warminster Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1934
Warminster and Westbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1934 - 1974
West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England2009--
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Brixton Deverill is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Warminster.

The parish is in the Deverill Valley which carries the upper waters of the River Wylye. The six villages of the valley - Kingston Deverill, Monkton Deverill, Brixton, Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill and Crockerton - are known as "the Deverills".

Brixton Deverill appears in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Research Tips

  • From this Ancestry page you can browse the Wiltshire parishes which have parish register transcripts online, quite often from very early dates. However, reading the early ones requires skill and patience. Transcriptions should also be in FamilySearch.
  • A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Wiltshire.
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