Place:Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, England

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NameCollingbourne Ducis
Alt namesCollingbourne-Ducissource: Family History Library Catalog
Collingbournesource: popular name for parish
Cadleysource: hamlet in parish
Suntonsource: hamlet in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.282°N 1.652°W
Located inWiltshire, England
See alsoElstub and Everleigh Hundred, Wiltshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Pewsey Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1974
Kennet District, Wiltshire, England1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England2009--
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Collingbourne Ducis is a village and civil parish on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Marlborough. It is one of several villages on the River Bourne which is a seasonal river, usually dry in summer. Since 1934 the parish has included the hamlet of Sunton and part of Cadley that were formerly in Collingbourne Kingston.

From the Domesday Book of 1086 we know Earl Harold held the manor, and it had a large settlement of 87 households. In 1256 the village was named Collingbourne Earls after the Lord of the Manor, the Earl of Leicester, who also held neighbouring Everleigh. John of Gaunt inherited the manor, became the Duke of Lancaster, and the village was thus known as "Collingbourne Ducis" or "Collingbourne Dukes".

The Bourne Iron Works in the village was established by James Rawlings in the 1860s and made agricultural implements until the outbreak of World War II.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Collingbourne Ducis.

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