Name | Brixton Deverill |
Alt names | Brixton-Deverill | source: alternate spelling |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 51.148°N 2.197°W |
Located in | Wiltshire, England |
See also | Heytesbury Hundred, Wiltshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Warminster Rural, Wiltshire, England | rural district, 1894 - 1934 | | Warminster and Westbury Rural, Wiltshire, England | rural district, 1934 - 1974 | | West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | 1974-2009 | | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | 2009-- |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
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.
Categories: Wiltshire, England | Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire, England | Heytesbury Hundred, Wiltshire, England | Warminster Rural, Wiltshire, England | Warminster and Westbury Rural, Wiltshire, England | West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England
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