Place:Pewsey, Wiltshire, England

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Pewsey is a large village and civil parish at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Marlborough and 80 miles (130 km) west of London. It is within reach of two well-used roads, the M4 motorway and the A303 and is served by Pewsey railway station on the London to Taunton line. Pewsey had a population of 3,634 at the UK census of 2011.

The parish includes these small settlements: Kepnal (east of the village, south of the Burbage road, Pewsey Wharf (north, where the A345 crosses the Kennet and Avon canal), Sharcott (west, by the Avon; marked on some maps as East Sharcott as distinct from West Sharcott, a short distance downstream in Manningford Abbots parish), and Southcott (just to the southeast of the Pewsey village).

History

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Pewsey#History.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16, pp181-207 - Parish: Pewsey. 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.