In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beechingstoke like this:
BEECHING-STOKE, a parish in Devizes district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 2 miles S of the Kennet and Avon canal, and 6 ESE of Devizes r. station. It has a post office under Devizes. Acres, 880. Real property, £1,893. Pop., 180. Houses, 44. The property is divided among four. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £293.* Patron, G. W. Heneage, Esq. The church is tolerable.
Beechingstoke through time
Beechingstoke is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beechingstoke itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beechingstoke, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11534
Date accessed: 28th March 2024
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