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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Erlestoke like this:
EARL-STOKE, or Erlstoke, a parish in Devizes district, Wilts; near the north border of Salisbury plain, 2½ miles W of Market-Lavington, and 5½ SSW of Devizes r. station. It has a post office under Westbury. Acres, 2, 400. Real property, £2, 442. Pop., 378. Houses, 77. The manor belonged to the Monthermers and the Montacutes, Earls of Gloucester and Salisbury. Earl-Stoke Park is the seat of the Taylor family. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Melksham, in the diocese of Salisbury.
Erlestoke is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Erlestoke itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Erlestoke in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/11733
Date accessed: 06th December 2025
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