Draycott Foliatt, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Draycott-Foliatt, a parish in Wiltshire, 4½ miles SSE of Swindon, and 5½ SSE of Swindon railway station. Post town, Chisledon, under Swindon. Acreage, 706; population, 40. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £133. Bishop Buckeridge, the writer against Bellarmino, was a native.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
Hundred | Kingsbridge | |
Poor Law union | Highworth and Swindon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Draycott Foliatt from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Draycot-Foliatt)
Newspapers and Periodicals
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