Chisledon, Wiltshire

Description
Chisledon, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands 4 miles SE of Swindon, and 8 S of Highworth, with a station on the Midland and South-Western Junction railway, 84 miles from London. It has a post office under Swindon ; money order office, Wroughton; telegraph office, the railway station. The parish includes also the tithings of Badbury, Hodson, and Coatc, where there is a small mission house. Acreage, 4917 ; population, 1204. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £93 with residence. The church dates from the 12th century, is dedicated to the Holy Cross, and the chancel, nave, and aisles were thoroughly restored in 1893. There are Wesleyan Methodist and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a mission house. Burderop is a seat in the neighbourhood.