Bushton, Wiltshire

Bushton
Bushton

 Bushton shown within Wiltshire
OS grid reference SU0677
Parish Clyffe Pypard
Unitary authority Wiltshire
Ceremonial county Wiltshire
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Swindon
Postcode district SN4
Dialling code 01793
Police Wiltshire
Fire Wiltshire
Ambulance Great Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament North Wiltshire
List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire

Bushton is a hamlet about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire.

History

Manor Farmhouse is Georgian house of five bays built of brick with stone trim in 1747.[1]

Woodhill Park is a Georgian country house built in the 18th century. Richard Pace added the southeast range in 1804.[2]

The pamphleteer and poet Ralph Broome (1742–1835) was born and bred in the village.[3]

Amenities

Bushton has a public house, The Trotting Horse.[4]

References

  1. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 154. ISBN 0 14 0710.26 4. 
  2. ^ Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.); R.W. Dunning, K.H. Rogers, P.A. Spalding, Colin Shrimpton, Janet H. Stevenson, Margaret Tomlinson (1970). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 9. pp. 23–43. 
  3. ^ Joyce Hemlow, ed.: The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney... (London: OUP, 1972 ff.), IV., p. 30n.
  4. ^ Heart 97.2 102.2 the new radio station for Wiltshire: The Trotting Horse, Bushton