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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… at this date. Throughout the Middle Ages the churches of Bratton and Dilton were dependent chapels of Westbury church and remained so, in the case of Bratton, until 1845 when a separate parish was assigned to … of Grimstead. To endow this William gave land in Westbury, Bratton, Westbury Leigh, and Heywood for the support of a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the end of the 19th century there was also a sheep fair on Bratton Down. Some 20,000 sheep were brought to this fair in … 215. Ibid. p. 214. Ibid. p. 215. Min. Bk. Westbury U.D.C. Bratton, W.I. Scrap Bk. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 59 His sons and grandson were mill owners in Westbury and Bratton. 60 Thenceforth the family continued to acquire land, mostly in Bratton, and gradually it exchanged its occupation with the … in the 17th century. William Axford, a weaver of Bratton, was indicted in 1602 for taking an apprentice when …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… within its bounds were the later civil parishes of Bratton, Dilton Marsh, Heywood, and part of Chapmanslade. It … eleven vills or tithings liable for taxation. These were Bratton, Melbourne, and Stoke in the east, Hawkeridge and … corner. 3 Of these Melbourne and Stoke became merged in Bratton; 4 Bremeridge was coupled with Dilton Marsh in 1377 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 36 In 1740 land-tax for Headinghill in the tithing of Bratton was payable by Mr. Houlton and Jonathan Ballard. 37 … Jeffery Whitaker paid rent to the lord of the manor of Bratton for Redlands, 43 and in 1685 Henry Whitaker devised … by Philip Whitaker 47 who was leasing a large part of the Bratton Grange estate. 48 Redlands Farm, which probably …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… gave rise to the manors of Leigh, Penleigh, and Bratton. 48 What was left after all these gifts was granted … of Westbury, Dilton, Leigh, Heywood, Hawkeridge, and Bratton. 83 William Stafford, husband of Katharine Chidiock, … date included a mill, and was said to lie in Westbury, Bratton, Imber, and Edington. 92 Eleanor of Bradeston, the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… earlier, it was disused. 38 There was a mill at Melbourne (Bratton) in 1221. 39 A mill at Bratton was given to the Bonhommes of Edington in 1427 by … In 1594-5 four water mills were attached to the manor of Bratton, 42 and it was presumably one of these, which was in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… including Brook, Dilton, including Chapmanslade, and Bratton, including Hawkeridge and Heywood. 30 Dilton, and, it may be presumed, Bratton also, 31 had vestries of their own. In 1689 Dilton … was then elected by the Westbury vestry. Both Dilton and Bratton, however, appear to have elected their own surveyors …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… for use by dissenters. 32 In the following year a barn at Bratton belonging to John Hodges of Warminster was licensed … 46 The exact date of the formation of a Baptist church at Bratton is not known. 47 William Gough, a Presbyterian, who … church at Erlestoke, 48 almost certainly also preached at Bratton in c. 1667, and nonconformity in the two places was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… daily schools: in Westbury Leigh there were 6 schools, in Bratton 3, in Dilton Marsh 2, and in Heywood 1. 71 Brief … for boys and girls. 72 The first school-room was in the Bratton Road in the building later called the Old Athenaeum. … grant three years later at the corner of New Town and Bratton Road. 86 In 1859 a separate building was opened for …