The 1848 Post Office Directory
The 1848 Post Office Directory of 1848 provided a small
descriptive paragraph of the village, its role and main
Lord
of the Manor details.
Lyncham*, with the hamlet
of Clack, is a village and parish in
the Union of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, Hundred
of Kingsbridge,
4¼ miles south-west from Wootton Bassett. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of G.H.W. Heneage Esq.,
who is lord of the manor. The Rev. Edward Henry Thompson
B.A., is the present incumbant; the glebe comprises three
acres.
The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Michael,
in the perpendicular Gothic style, has a low tower containing
5 bells, a nave, and a south aisle, and contains a monument
to the Walker or Heneage family. The Primitive Methodists
have a place of worship here; here is a school endowed with
25 acres of land, producing around £39 per annum.
The parish comprises 4,000 acres, of which about one-half
is arable
and the other pasture. The Great Western railway and the
Wilts and Berks canal pass within half a mile of the parish.
Fairs
for cattle are held at Clack at Michaelmas and Lady-day.
Near to Clack is a farm-house, called Bradenstoke Abbey,
occupying
the site of the priory for Augustine monks, founded about
1142, and decided to the Blessed Virgin; some parts of
the
present building are very ancient.
*It is worth noting that Lyneham was spelt Lyncham which
may have been a typo error, we are not sure but it is titled
with the hamlet of Clack. |