Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PEWSHAM

PEWSHAM, an extra-parochial tract in Chippenham district, Wilts; 1½ mile S E by S of Chippenham. Real property, £2, 772. Pop., 462. Houses, 95. The ancient royal forest of P. extended from Chippenham to Devizes.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chippenham RegD/PLU       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Pewsham

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