Place:Easton Royal, Wiltshire, England

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Easton Royal is a village in the civil parish of Easton in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Pewsey and 5 miles (8 km) south of Marlborough. The village was the location of Easton Priory from 1234 to 1536. The village mistakenly gained the Royal suffix in 1838 and the name Easton Royal has been in general use since the 1850s.

The parish is on the northeastern edge of Salisbury Plain, and near the eastern end of the Vale of Pewsey.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Easton Royal.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Easton Royal from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"EASTON, a parish in Pewsey [registration] district, Wilts; near the Kennet and Avon canal and the Berks and Hants railway, 3¼ miles E of Pewsey [railway] station, and 6¼ S by E of Marlborough. Post town: Burbage, under Marlborough. Acres: 2,080. Real property: £2,911. Population: 463. Houses: 100. The property is all in one estate.

"Easton Hill is crowned with a barrow. A priory or hospital for Trinitarian canons was founded here, by Archdeacon Stephens, in the time of Henry III.; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Seymours. The living is a donative in the diocese of Salisbury. Value: not reported. Patron: the Marquis of Aylesbury. The church was built in 1591 by the family of the Protector; and is very good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £26."

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16, pp140-149 - Parish: Easton Royal. 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.