| Bremilham | |
|---|---|
 Bremilham Church, Cowage Farm | |
  Bremilham Location within Wiltshire | |
| OS grid reference | ST903860 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MALMESBURY |
| Postcode district | SN16 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Bremilham, also known as Cowage or Cowich, is a small settlement and former civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. It is near the hamlet of Foxley in the parish of Norton. The nearest town is Malmesbury, about 2 miles (3.2 km) away to the north east.[1]
The place-name 'Bremilham' is first attested in 1065, as Bremelham, and means 'village where brambles or blackberries grew'.[2] In 1881 the parish had a population of 25.[3] On 25 March 1884 the parish was abolished and its land divided among Foxley, Westport St Mary and Brokenborough parishes.[4] In 1934 Foxley (with Bremilham) was transferred to the civil parish of Norton.[5] On some present-day maps, only Cowage Farm is shown.[6]
Bremilham was a small ecclesiastical parish[7] until 1893 when it was united with Foxley.[8]
- ^ Bremilham gazetteer at genuki.org.uk, accessed 6 January 2011
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 63.
- ^ "Population statistics Bremilham CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Malmesbury Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Foxley CP/AP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ Bremilham at genuki.org.uk, accessed 6 January 2011
- ^ "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 14 pp9–13 – Parishes: Bremilham". British History Online. University of London. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Norton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 20 March 2015.