Erlestoke

Erlestoke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain. The village lies about 6 miles east of Westbury and the same distance southwest of Devizes.
The ancient parish of Erlestoke was a chapelry of Melksham. The Crown was lord of the manor of Erlestoke; the first recorded grant of land was by Henry I in the 12th century. From the 16th until the early 18th the Brouncker family held land at Erlestoke, including Henry Brouncker, a Member of parliament in the 16th and early 17th. Later owners included Peter Delmé, an 18th-century MP; Joshua Smith , MP for Devizes; and George Watson-Taylor , also MP for Devizes. The Watson-Taylors built up large estates at Erlestoke, Coulston , Great Cheverell and Edington until they were divided and sold between 1907 and 1910, following the death in 1902 of Simon Watson Taylor; Erlestoke Park remained in the family until it was sold in 1919.

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