Hilperton houses [8]
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Hilperton houses [8]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 Apr 2021
A closer view of the middle two cottages, numbers 232 and 233 Church Street, in the row of four. The two cottages share a common central entrance. Built in rubble stone with pantiled roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1285825 There is a view of the row of four cottages at Image Hilperton is a residential village adjacent to the northern suburbs of Trowbridge and is only some 1¼ miles north of Trowbridge town centre. Although the village was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, little is known of its history until the 19th century when home-based cloth weaving was a major source of employment. The village was astride the A361 road but is now by-passed.
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Image Location
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51.332739
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-2.184395