Ditchampton, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Ditchampton, a tithing in Wilton and Burcombe parishes, Wilts, on the river Wyley, and 1 mile from Wilton station on the G.W.R. and L. & S.W.R. In the part which is in the parish of Burcombe, is the priory of the Hospital of St John the Baptist, dating from 1190, with its chapel, in which there is one service every Sunday. Formerly it was the priory of St John the Baptist cum Capella de Burcombe, and the prior is patron of the living. The prior is nominated by the dean. The foundation is for a prior, two poor men, and two poor women.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ditchampton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ditchampton (St. Andrew))

Maps

Online maps of Ditchampton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online:

• Salisbury and Winchester Journal
• Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette
• Wiltshire Independent
• Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle