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National Gazetteer (1868) - Seagry

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"SEAGRY, a parish in the hundred of Malmesbury, county Wilts, 6 miles N.E. of Chippenham, its post town, and 5 S.E. of Malmesbury. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the Avon. The parish contains the tythings of Upper and Lower Seagry. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £163, and the vicarial for £159 16s. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £173. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has been recently rebuilt. It has one bell, and contains an ancient font."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]