BEDWIN (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of
KINWARDSTONE, county of WILTS, 4 miles (W. S. W.)
from Hungerford, containing 504 inhabitants. The liv*
ing is a vicarage, within the jurisdiction of the peculiar
court of the Lord Warden of Savernake Forest, rated
in the king's books at £9. 6. 8., and in the patronage
of the Marquis of Ailesbury. The church is dedicated
to St. Michael. The Kennet and Avon canal passes
through the parish, which is also intersected by the
ancient Wansdyke.