Bushton, Wiltshire

Bushton

The Trotting Horse Pub
Bushton
 Bushton shown within Wiltshire
OS grid referenceSU0677
Civil parishClyffe Pypard
Unitary authorityWiltshire
Ceremonial countyWiltshire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Swindon
Postcode district SN4
Dialling code 01793
Police Wiltshire
Fire Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentNorth Wiltshire
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Coordinates: 51°30′11″N 1°54′40″W / 51.503°N 1.911°W

Bushton is a hamlet about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Clyffe Pypard.

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 (c.1549–1619).

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 0-14-071026-4.
  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.), vol. IV., p. 30n.
  4. ↑ Heart 97.2 102.2 the new radio station for Wiltshire: The Trotting Horse, Bushton