en Bushton, Wiltshire

Bushton
Bushton
	The Trotting Horse pub in 2007
	Bushton Location within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	SU063779
Civil parish	Clyffe Pypard;
Unitary authority	Wiltshire;
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Swindon
Postcode district	SN4
Dialling code	01793
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Chippenham;
Website	Parish Council
	List of places UK England Wiltshire 51°30′00″N 1°54′40″W / 51.500°N 1.911°W

Bushton is an English hamlet about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire. It belongs to the civil parish of Clyffe Pypard.

History

In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded an estate at Bushton, held by the Bishop of Winchester.^[1] By the 17th century the manor of Bushton had become a tithing of Clyffe Pypard parish.^[2]

Manor Farmhouse is a Georgian house of five bays built of brick with stone trim in the early 18th century.^[3]

Woodhill Park, near Bushton, is a Georgian country house built in the 18th century. Richard Pace added the south-east range in 1804.^[4]

Notable residents

The pamphleteer and poet Ralph Broome (1742–1835) was born and raised in the hamlet.^[5] Also born at Bushton was the Jesuit missionary to India Thomas Stephens (c. 1549–1619).

Amenities

The parish's village hall is at Bushton.^[6]

Bushton's public house, the Trotting Horse, closed down in 2016 for conversion into a residence.^[7]

References

^ /bushton/ Bushton in the Domesday Book
^ Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 9 pp. 23–43". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1975) [1963]. Cherry, Bridget (ed.). The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 154. ISBN 0-14-071026-4.
^ R. W. Dunning; K. H. Rogers; P. A. Spalding; Colin Shrimpton; Janet H. Stevenson; Margaret Tomlinson (1970). Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 9. pp. 23–43.
^ Joyce Hemlow, ed.: The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney... (London: OUP, 1972 ff.), vol. IV., p. 30n.
^ "Village Hall". Clyffe Pypard and Bushton Villages. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Rural pub to become house". Gazette & Herald. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

External links

"Clyffe Pypard". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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[1] /bushton/ Bushton in the Domesday Book

[2] Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 9 pp. 23–43". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

[3] Pevsner, Nikolaus (1975) [1963]. Cherry, Bridget (ed.). The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 154. ISBN 0-14-071026-4.

[4] R. W. Dunning; K. H. Rogers; P. A. Spalding; Colin Shrimpton; Janet H. Stevenson; Margaret Tomlinson (1970). Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 9. pp. 23–43.

[5] Joyce Hemlow, ed.: The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney... (London: OUP, 1972 ff.), vol. IV., p. 30n.

[6] "Village Hall". Clyffe Pypard and Bushton Villages. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

[7] "Rural pub to become house". Gazette & Herald. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

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Bushton, Wiltshire

History

Notable residents

Amenities

References

External links

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