Bushton, Wiltshire
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Coordinates: 51°30′11″N 1°54′40″W / 51.503°N 1.911°W
| Bushton | |
  Bushton Bushton shown within Wiltshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU0677 |
|---|---|
| Civil 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 |
Bushton is a hamlet about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire.
History
Manor Farmhouse is a 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] Also born at Bushton was the Jesuit missionary to India Thomas Stephens.
Amenities
Bushton has a public house, The Trotting Horse.[4]
References
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 154. ISBN 0-14-071026-4.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Joyce Hemlow, ed.: The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney... (London: OUP, 1972 ff.), vol. IV., p. 30n.
- ↑ Heart 97.2 102.2 the new radio station for Wiltshire: The Trotting Horse, Bushton
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