Description

Didmarton and Oldbury-on-the-Hill, formerly two distinct villages, now united into one both ecclesiastically and civilly. The parish stands on the verge of the county, under the Cotswolds, 5 1/4 miles SW of Tetbury, and 7 E by S of Wickwar station on the M.R.; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Chippenham. Its site is supposed to have been occupied by a Roman station, and has yielded a number of Roman coins. The parish comprises 2068 acres; population, 401. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, £288. Patron, the Duke of Beaufort, who is lord of the manor. A new church was built in 1872-the two old churches being now only used as mortuary chapels. There is a Congregational chapel.