Sopworth

Sopworth
Sopworth  Sopworth shown within Wiltshire
Population	103 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	ST828863
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	SN14
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	North Wiltshire
List of places UK England Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°34′30″N 2°15′05″W / 51.575°N 02.2513°W / 51.575; -02.2513

Sopworth is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the county's border with South Gloucestershire.

The poet Thomas Yalden (1870-1736) was briefly rector of the parish.^[2]

The parish registers survive in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre for christenings (1697-1991), marriages (1698-1992), and burials (1697-1992).^[3]

Domesday entry

Sopworth's Domesday book entry falls under section XXXII The Land of William Deu. It reads:

Hugh holds SOPWORTH of William. Ælfric held it TRE, and it paid geld for 5 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. Of this 3½ hides are in demesne, and there are 2 ploughs, and 6 slaves; and 3 villans and 5 bordars with 3 ploughs. It was worth £6; now £4.phrase

—Domesday Book, Domesday Book A Complete Translation, Penguin, ISBN 0141439947, pg 185.

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