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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fosbury like this:
FOSBURY, a chapelry in Tidcombe and Shalbourn parishes, Wilts; adjacent to Hants and Berks, 3¾ miles NE of Ludgershall, and 6 SSE of Savernake r. station. It was constituted in 1856; and its post town is Collingbourne Ducis or Collingbourne Kingston, under Marlborough. Pop., 336. Houses, 70. The property is not much divided. Fosbury House is the seat of R.L. Bevan, Esq. An ancient camp, called Haydon Hill Castle, is here. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Valne, £180.* Patron, D. and Cs. of Windsor. The church is recent.
Fosbury is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fosbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fosbury in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/23863
Date accessed: 11th February 2026
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