Rollestone
village in Wiltshire, England, UK
Rollestone is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shrewton, on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England. It is near the River Till. Its nearest town is Amesbury, about 5 miles (8.0 km) away to the east.
In 1931 the parish had a population of 189. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Shrewton.
History
The name Rollestone was first used in the 13th century.
In 1947 the Ordnance Survey map showed Rollestone as a hamlet south of the A360 Devizes to Salisbury road, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of Shrewton. As Shrewton expanded in the 20th century, Rollestone became an area of Shrewton.
Rollestone Manor was built in the 18th century and is Grade II listed. As of 2015 it is a privately owned hotel and restaurant.
“Rollestone” enters the record as village in Wiltshire, England, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rollestone, village and Wiltshire can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 1, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7361112. Authority coordinates are 51.180, -1.900. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931, 1934, 1947 and 2015.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rollestone” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.