Liddington, Wiltshire

Description
Liddington, a parish and village in Wilts. The village stands 4 miles SE by S of Swindon, and 2 from Chisleton station on the M. & S.W. Joint railway. It has a post office under Swindon ; money order office, Wanborough; telegraph office, Chisleton, The parish contains also the hamlets of Liddington Wick, Liddington Warren, Coate, and Medbourn. Acreage,2538; population of civil parish, 3 80; of ecclesiastical, 432. The manor belongs to the Duke of Marlborough. Remains of the old manor-house, of Tudor date, surrounded by a moat, are in a dell. Liddington Castle or Badbury is an ancient British camp, large and circular, and was the scene of a decisive defeat of the Saxans under Cerdio; by King Arthur. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, ££315 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Marlborough. The church is ancient, was restored between 1882 and 1889, has a roof of timber framework and a tower, and contains a very ancient font, and monuments of two church dignitaries, supposed to be abbesses of Shaftesbury. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A Parochial Hall was erected in 1884 for public meetings.