Sopworth, Wiltshire

Description
Sopworth, a parish in Wiltshire, 7 miles from Malmesbury station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Chippenham; money order and telegraph office, Didmarton. Acreage, 1011; population, 139. The manor belongs to the Duke of Beaufort. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church is ancient.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5