Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ramsbury

Ramsbury.-- par. and vil., Wilts, on river Kennet, 5 miles NW. of Hungerford, 2742 ac., pop. 2329; P.O., T.O.; malting, brewing, and tanning are carried on; from 920 till ??58 it was the seat of the Bishops of Wilts; near vil. is Ramsbury Manor, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ramsbury AP/CP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Ramsbury

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