Slaughterford


Slaughterford is a small village and former civil parish about west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. The village has a crossing point of the Bybrook River, in a wooded valley between Castle Combe and Box.

History

The present Manor Farmhouse dates from 1753.
Slaughterford was a separate parish with its own church until it was merged with Biddestone in 1844.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland states:

Religious sites

The Church of St Nicholas is Grade II* listed. Built in the 15th century, it was partly destroyed about 1649 by Richard Cromwell's troops on their way to Ireland, and lay in ruins until rebuilt in 1823. There was further restoration in 1883. Bybrook Team Ministry provides a monthly service.
A Quaker meeting house was established in the village from the 17th century. It became disused and the building collapsed in the 1960s. Among the Quakers from the village were the Cheevers family.