Etchilhampton

WELCOME to the online edition of ‘Etchilhampton: A Village Portrait’ written by Dorothy Robertson.  It recorded the growth and changes that took place in the village from the mid-19th century to the millennium. It is now out of print but has been revised on line to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee*.  Thanks to the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, the Etchilhampton Village History Project has been able to publish this history online for present and future generations.  

The original structure is broadly followed but omits village properties for reasons of data protection.  An illustrated snapshot of house histories will be included.

•    Introduction 
•    Landmarks and boundaries 
•    Landscape context 
•    130 years of demographic change 

•    Housing and living conditions 
•    Public Services 
•    Origins of Etchilhampton Parish Council 
•    Education
•    Village Hall
•    Local families
•    Places of worship
•    Drax Estate with illustrated house histories 
•    Maps: Etchilhampton village; Boundary, fields & footpaths; Churchyard 

Etchilhampton Village History Project
Author: Dorothy Robertson Online editor: Kate Freeman; Graphics: Bev Usher 

Copyright 2022 The content can be reproduced for personal non-commercial use.  Quoting: Please acknowledge ‘Etchilhampton Village History Project’
Photographs and art work: individually copyrighted.  

* Copies of Etchilhampton: A Village Portrait are available in the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society library, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, and Wiltshire Library Service including Devizes Library.