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[Hamlet in Wiltshire, England] [date=March 2022] [date=March 2022] [51.443]
RATFORD is a hamlet near Calne in the county of Wiltshire, England, with a
population of approximately 50.
The hamlet lies in Bremhill parish,[1] around [0.7] north of the A4 national
route, [1.25] northwest of Calne on a minor road towards Bremhill, [0.6] away.
Other nearby settlements include the villages of Derry Hill and Studley.
The hamlet surrounds a crossing of the Cowage Brook,[2] a tributary of the
River Marden; the Cowage Brook is joined here by Fisher's Brook. Until
Bremhill parish was enlarged in 2025, the land to the south of the Cowage
Brook was in Calne Without parish.[3]
The first houses were probably built here in the late 17th century or early
18th.<ref name="vch" /> The single-arch stone bridge over the brook is
probably from the late 18th century.[4] Some cottages were built in the 19th
century by the Bowood estate.[5]
The name Rattle was used in the past, appearing on the 1925 Ordnance Survey
map,[6] but by 1938 the name Ratford was in use.[7]
The local pub is the _Dumb Post Inn_, on the north side of Ratford on the lane
to Bremhill. Between 1900 and c. 1970 there was a Baptist mission room near
the brook.<ref name="vch" />
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Category:Calne Without Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire