Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pewsham

Pewsham, par., Wilts, 1½ mile SE. of Chippenham, 1314 ac., pop. 367; the ancient royal forest of Pewsham extended from Chippenham to Devizes.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Pewsham ExP/CP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Pewsham

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