In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hardenhuish like this:
HARDENHUISH, or HARNISH, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; adjacent to the Great Western railway, 1½ mile NW of Chippenham. Post town, Chippenham. Acres, 1, 477. Real property, £1, 227. Pop., 117. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. Hardenhuish Park is the seat of E. ...
L. Clutterbuck, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £90. * Patron, E. L. Clutterbuck, Esq. The church is good; and the churchyard contains the tomb of Thorpe, the antiquary, and a marble monument to Ricardo, the political economist. There is a free school. Anstey, the author of the "New Bath Guide, " died here.
Hardenhuish through time
Hardenhuish is now part of North Wiltshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Wiltshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hardenhuish itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hardenhuish in North Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11783
Date accessed: 17th May 2024
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