Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire

Description
Collingbourne Ducis, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands on an affluent of the river Avon, with a station on the M. & S.W. Junction railway, 75 miles from London, and has a post and money order office under Marl-borough ; telegraph office at the railway station. The parish comprises 3431 acres; population, 344. The manor belonged to the Duchy of Lancaster, whence the name Ducis, and passed to the Seymours. Collingbourne Heath and Collingbourne Wood lie east of the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £326 with residence. Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. The church is ancient, and has a tower said to have been built for a dovecot; it was restored in 1877.