Norton Bavant, Wiltshire

Description
Norton Bavant, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands on the river Wiley, 1 1/2 mile NW of Heytesbury station on the G.W.R., and 2 1/2 miles SE by E of Warminster. The parish includes a detached portion, separated from the main body by Warminster parish. Post town, War-minster; money order and telegraph office, Heytesbury. Acreage, 1856; population of the civil parish, 163; of the ecclesiastical, 199. Norton House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £140 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1840, and has since been restored. The 14th century tower was restored and the bells rehung in 1894.