Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Corsham, or Corsham Regis

Corsham, or Corsham Regis, market town and par. with ry. sta., N. Wilts, 4 miles SW. of Chippenham and 99 miles NW. of London, 6498 ac., pop. 3747; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday; was a residence of the Saxon kings; has freestone quarries; contains Corsham Court, seat of Lord Methuen, and Corsham Side, hamlet and school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Corsham CP/AP       Wiltshire AncC
Place names: CORSHAM     |     CORSHAM OR CORSHAM REGIS     |     CORSHAM REGIS
Place: Corsham

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