Lyneham, Wiltshire

Description
Lyneham or Lineham, a village and a parish in Wiltshire. The village stands 1 1/4 mile S of the Wiltshire and Berks Canal, 2 1/2 miles of Dantsey, and 4 SW of Wootton Bassett station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Chippenham; money order and telegraph office, Bradenstoke. Acreage of the civil parish, 3456; population, 1012; of the ecclesiastical, 626. Lyneham Court is a farmhouse. An Augustinian priory, called Bradenstock Abbey, was founded about the middle of the 12th century near Clack village, and has left considerable traces at the farmstead of Clack. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £140 with residence. The church is ancient, has been beautifully restored, and contains some monuments.