Bushton, Wiltshire
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| 240px The Trotting Horse Pub |
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 Bushton
Bushton shown within Wiltshire |
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| OS grid reference | SU0677 |
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| 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 | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Wiltshire |
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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
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- ↑ 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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