Ramsbury with Axford, Wiltshire Genealogy: Difference between revisions

RAMSBURY (Holy Cross), a '''parish''', in the union of Hungerford, hundred of Ramsbury, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, 5½ miles(N. W. by W.) from Hungerford; containing, the tything of '''Axford'''. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans.<ref />  

<br> From: 'Rame - Rapps', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 633-638. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51230 Date accessed: 09 October 2013. RAMSBURY, a village, a '''parish''', and a hundred in Wiltshire. The village stands on the river Kennet, 4 miles N by W of Bedwyn railway station, and 5 W N W of Hungerford. The parish contains also the tythings of Axford, Eastridge, and Whittonditch, and the places called Park-Town, Madridge-Hill, Newtown, Elmdown, and Lamplands; and is in Hungerford district.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=12068&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;st=Ramsbury%20with%20Axford Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72)]</ref>