BROUGHTON-GIFFORD, a parish in the hundred
of BRADFORD, county of WILTS, 2 miles (W.) from
Melksham, containing 776 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury
rated in the king's books at £19. 3. ll., and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to
St. -Mary. There is a place of worship for Particular
Baptists. A fund for the instruction of children and for
the relief of the poor was given by Francis Paradice and
his wife, in 1782.