Clatford is a small

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(formerly a village) approximately west of the village of Manton and about west of

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, which is the nearest town, in

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...

, England. It is just south of the

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and the A4 primary route. Early in the 12th century, Clatford manor was given to the

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abbey of Saint-Victor-en-Caux (

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, Seine-Maritime) together with land at

Hullavington Hullavington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, just to the north of the M4 motorway. The village lies about southwest of Malmesbury and north of Chippenham. The Fosse Way, a Roman road, forms the western boundary of the par ...

, some to the northwest. The small

Clatford Priory Clatford Priory, also called Hullavington Priory, was a priory in Wiltshire, England. The churches at Hullavington and Surrendell, both southwest of Malmesbury, were granted to the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Victor-en-Caux (Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye, ...

, at times called Hullavington Priory, continued until the 15th century. In the 14th century, Clatford was comparable in size with the neighbouring village of Manton; in 1801 there were 122 inhabitants. Today Clatford is a rural community made up of Clatford Hall with Clatford Farm, several houses clustered around a crossroads and several other houses spread further out. Clatford Hall dates from the later 16th century and is

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. Clatford is in the

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of Preshute.

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