Name | Chisledon |
Alt names | Chiseldon | source: alternate spelling | | Coate | source: hamlet in parish | | Coate (Chiseldon) | source: alternate form of above | | Badbury | source: hamlet in parish | | Badbury Wick | source: hamlet in parish | | Hodson | source: hamlet in parish | | Ridgeway View | source: hamlet in parish | | Burderop | source: manor in parish |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 51.516°N 1.731°W |
Located in | Wiltshire, England |
See also | Kingsbridge Hundred, Wiltshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural, Wiltshire, England | rural district, 1894 - 1974 | | Thamesdown District, Wiltshire, England | 1974-1997 | | Swindon District, Wiltshire, England | unitary authority since 1997 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Chisledon is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It takes its name from the Old English "cisel dene", or gravel valley, being noted in the Domesday Book as "Chiseldene".
The village lies on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, a mile south of junction 15 of the M4 motorway, on the A346 road between the towns of Swindon and Marlborough. The large village of Wroughton is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the east. The parish includes the hamlets of Badbury, Badbury Wick, Draycot Foliat, Hodson, and Ridgeway View; in the north it includes the hamlet of Coate, on the edge of the southeast suburbs of Swindon. The ancient manor of Burderop is also within the parish. The parish had a population of 2,667 in the UK census of 2011.
Draycot Foliat was a separate civil parish (and an ancient parish) until it was absorbed into Chisledon in 1894.
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Categories: Wiltshire, England | Chisledon, Wiltshire, England | Kingsbridge Hundred, Wiltshire, England | Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural, Wiltshire, England | Thamesdown District, Wiltshire, England | Swindon District, Wiltshire, England
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