SLAUGHTERFORD, a parish in the hundred of
CHIPPENHAM, county of WILTS, 5 miles (W. by N.)
from Chippenham,' containing 121 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of
Biddestone, in the archdeaconry of Wilts, and diocese
of Salisbury. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas,
has lately received an addition of one hundred an,d
thirty sittings, of which one hundred are free, the
Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches
and chapels having granted £100 towards defraying
the expense.