In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rodbourne like this:
RODBORNE, or Redborn, a chapelry in Malmsbury parish, Wilts; 2½ miles S of Malmsbury, and 7 N by E of Chippenham r. station. Post-town, Malmsbury. Pop., 162. Houses, 31. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Malmsbury, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is good.
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Rodbourne through time
Rodbourne is now part of North Wiltshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Wiltshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rodbourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rodbourne in North Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25571
Date accessed: 07th November 2024
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