Place:Milton Lilborne, Wiltshire, England

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Milton Lilbourne is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey between Pewsey and Burbage. It is largely a mixed residential area centred on its manor. The nearest town is Marlborough, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) to the north.

The parish includes the following hamlets: Clench (to the north, near Wootton Rivers), Fyfield with Fyfield Manor (west, near Pewsey, and not to be confused with the parish of Fyfield near Marlborough), Little Salisbury (west, on the Pewsey-Burbage road), Littleworth (north, on the other side of the Pewsey-Burbage road), Milkhouse Water (formerly Milcot Water, northwest, by the Avon), and New Mill (north, also by the Avon).

The parish is unusual in that it has a long thin shape and is one of the few to have boundaries on the uplands to both south and north of Pewsey Vale. The southern boundary passes by a long barrow and the northern one abuts the prehistoric fort on Martinsell Hill.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16, pp164-181 - Parish: Milton Lilborne. British History Online. University of London.
• 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.