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Church of St George is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the village, next to Preshute House. This settlement was identified as Preshute as recently as the 1961 (7th series) Ordnance Survey map but on current maps and road signs it is part of Manton. There was a church at Preshute in the 12th
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in the 15th or 16th centuries, is described by Pevsner as a "truly amazing piece". The church was rebuilt, on the same foundations and retaining the 15th-century tower, by
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in the parish of Preshute. It includes Manton House, Manton Lodge and Manton House Stables, currently operated by
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A small industrial estate on the A4 to the west of Manton houses several businesses including the headquarters of
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Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1983). "The borough of Marlborough". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.).
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century, and possibly earlier; fragments of 12th-century masonry survive. The font of black
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in the 1087 Domesday Book. In the 17th century the estate came into the ownership of the
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marble, 12th century, said to have been brought from St. Nicholas's chapel in
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The Manton Estate is 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the village, on the
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The village primary school is Preshute Primary School, which feeds into
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parish until 1934, when it was transferred to Marlborough
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The estate was purchased by Leeds-born soap manufacturer
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A settlement of twelve households and an estate held by
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51°24′58″N 1°45′11″W / 51.416°N 1.753°W / 51.416; -1.753
Wiltshire
Civil parish
Wiltshire
A4
Bath
Miles Crispin
earls and marquesses of Ailesbury
Tottenham House
tithing
Preshute
civil parish
P&M Aviation
St Johns Academy
pub
Anglican
Tournai
Marlborough Castle
T.H. Wyatt
Grade II* listed
Marlborough Anglican Team
Mildenhall
Marlborough Downs
thoroughbred
horse trainer
Brian Meehan
Alec Taylor
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Joseph Watson

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