Place:South Savernake with Brimslade and Cadley, Wiltshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

South Savernake with Brimslade and Cadley existed as a civil parish from 1857 until 1934. Prior to 1857 it was a tything in the Kinwardstone Hundred and in 1934 it was merged with the neighbouring civil parish to the north, North Savernake, to become the civil parish of Savernake.

The settlements in the parish were the hamlets of Cadley and Clench Common. Savernake Forest covers the eastern half of the parish.

Brimslade

Brimslade is marked as a farm on the Ordnance Survey map of 1900] in a small pocket of land extending southward from the main body of the parish of South Savernake (with Brimslade and Cadley). This area is now part of Wootton Rivers, the parish to the south. Brimslade House is from the 16th or 17th century, with later additions. The ground floor is in brick while the upper floor is of timber framed construction with tile cladding. In 1987 the house was designated as Grade II* listed.

Cadley

The hamlet of Cadley is at the edge of Savernake Forest, on the A346 road between Marlborough and Burbage.

Clench Common

The hamlet of Clench Common is a small agricultural community in the northwest of the parish, on the A345 road between Marlborough and Pewsey. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the hamlet of Clench which is in Milton Lilborne parish.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16, pp207-215 - Parish: Savernake. 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.