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| Name | Littleton Drew |
| Alt names | Littleton-Drew | source: hyphenated | | Littleton St. Andrew | source: alternate name | | Littleton-St. Andrew | source: alternate name | | The Gibb | source: hamlet in parish |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 51.52°N 2.242°W |
| Located in | Wiltshire, England ( - 1934) |
| See also | Chippenham Hundred, Wiltshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Chippenham Rural, Wiltshire, England | rural district, 1894 - 1934 | | Grittleton, Wiltshire, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1934 | | North Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | district municipality 1974-2009 | | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | unitary authority since 2009 |
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Littleton Drew from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LITTLETON-DREW, or LITTLETON-ST. ANDREW, a parish in Chippenham [registration] district, Wilts; on Akeman-street, adjacent to Gloucester[shire], 8 miles NW of Chippenham town and [railway] station. Post town: Chippenham. Acres: 971. Real property: £1,411. Population: 233. Houses: 46. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Beaufort.
- "A large barrow, with three stones of a fallen cromlech on the top, is about a mile from the church. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value: £180. Patron: the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church was rebuilt in 1856."
Littleton Drew (a shortened form of Littleton St. Andrew) was an ancient parish in Chippenham Hundred, Wiltshire and a civil parish in Chippenham Rural District, Wiltshire. The parish included the hamlet of The Gibb. In 1934 Littleton Drew was absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Grittleton.
Research Tips
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- 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.
Categories: Wiltshire, England | Littleton Drew, Wiltshire, England | Chippenham Hundred, Wiltshire, England | Chippenham Rural, Wiltshire, England | Grittleton, Wiltshire, England | North Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England |
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