Swanborough was a hundred of the English

England

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 county

County

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 of Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

, mostly lying in the centre of the county to the south of the town of Devizes

Devizes

Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...

. An area of the hundred reached several miles southwards into Salisbury Plain

Salisbury Plain

Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in central southern England covering . It is part of the Southern England Chalk Formation and largely lies within the county of Wiltshire, with a little in Hampshire. The plain is famous for its rich archaeology, including Stonehenge, one of England's best known...

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Extent

The hundred contained the parishes of Alton Barnes, Beechingstoke

Beechingstoke

Beechingstoke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Pewsey.-Local government:Beechingstoke is a civil parish with an elected parish council...

, All Cannings

All Cannings

All Cannings pr Allcannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire. The parish includes the nearby smaller settlement of Allington.-History:...

, Charlton, Great Cheverell

Great Cheverell

Great Cheverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. In some sources the Latinized name of Cheverell Magna is used, especially when referring to the ecclesiastical parish.-History:...

, Little Cheverell

Little Cheverell

Little Cheverell is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. In some sources the Latinized name of Cheverell Parva is used, especially when referring to the parish.-Local government:...

, Chirton

Chirton

Chirton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 393.-Local government:Chirton is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council and is represented at that level by Brigadier Robert Hall...

, Etchilhampton

Etchilhampton

Etchilhampton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded a parish population of 152.-Local government:Etchilhampton is a civil parish with an elected parish council...

, Huish

Huish, Wiltshire

Huish is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire.- Location :Huish is situated on the south-facing edge of the Marlborough Downs, where the downs adjoin the Vale of Pewsey.Position:...

, Market Lavington

Market Lavington

Market Lavington is a large village with a population of about 2,300 on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, near the market town of Devizes.-Status:...

, Manningford Abbots, Manningford Bruce, Marden

Marden, Wiltshire

Marden is a small village in the County of Wiltshire, in the south west of England.-Location:The village lies on the River Avon some six miles to the south-east of the town of Devizes, near the edge of Salisbury Plain...

, North Newnton

North Newnton

North Newnton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the River Avon. The parish includes the settlements of Hilcott and Rainscombe.-History:The parish was described as follows in The National Gazetteer :-Governance:...

, Rushall

Rushall, Wiltshire

Rushall is a village in Wiltshire, England, located on the River Avon about five miles southwest of the town of Pewsey and to the west of Upavon.The village has the Church of England parish church of Saint Matthew and Rushall Church of England Primary School...

, Stanton St Bernard

Stanton St Bernard

Stanton St Bernard is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Devizes, about away to the west.All significant local government services are provided by Wiltshire Council, with its headquarters in Trowbridge, and the parish is represented there by Brigadier Robert Hall...

, Stert

Stert

Stert is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Devizes, about away to the north west....

, Upavon

Upavon

Upavon is a rural village in the English County of Wiltshire, England. As its name suggests, it is on the upper portions of the River Avon which runs from the north to the south through the village. It is situated about south of Pewsey, about southeast of the market town of Devizes, and about ...

, Urchfont

Urchfont

Urchfont is a small, rural village to the north of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, about seven miles from the market town of Devizes. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Wedhampton and Lydeway...

, Wilcot

Wilcot

Wilcot is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, two miles north-west of Pewsey.-History:The parish was described as follows in The National Gazetteer :...

, Wilsford

Wilsford, Wiltshire

Wilsford is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire-Local government:Wilsford is grouped with nearby Charlton, Kennet, the two together have an elected parish council...

, Woodborough

Woodborough, Wiltshire

Woodborough is a small village near Pewsey, Wiltshire. It is named for the woods surrounding it.All significant local government services are provided by Wiltshire Council, with its headquarters in Trowbridge, and the parish is represented there by Brigadier Robert Hall. Its Member of Parliament is...

, and Devizes

Devizes

Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...

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