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Berwick St James, Wiltshire, England

Berwick St James is 5 miles South West of Amesbury. Grid ref SU072391. Post code SP3 4TS.

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Church Records

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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Berwick St James

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Description and Travel

Description in 1868

"BERWICK ST. JAMES, a parish and village in the hundred of Branch and Dole, in the county of Wilts, 5 miles to the N.W. of Wilton, and 8 from. Salisbury, its post town. The Salisbury branch of the Great Western railway passes near it. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value of £54, in the patronage of Lord Ashburton, who is lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to St. James, is in the early English style, with Norman tower. There is a Church of England mixed school. The intrenchments known as Yarnbury Camp, lay 2 miles west of the village, on the slope of the Downs, covering a space of 28 acres. They are surrounded by a rampart 52 feet high, and approached by six entrances. Many British and Roman remains have been found in the vicinity, and there are two British earthworks."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003, please respect the conditions of use.]
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