The Roman road from Silchester to Bath forms the northern boundary of the parish, and to the south of it is the settlement of Beardwell.

[2] A Roman villa (excavated in 1937 and 1971) was a short distance northwest of the present village of Atworth.

[5] At Church Farm the farmhouse is late 18th century,[6] and a seven-bay barn which is probably 16th-century is Grade II* listed.

[7] A clock tower was erected at the side of the Bath Road in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, and later served as the parish war memorial.

The South Brook, a small tributary of the Bristol Avon, passes close to Atworth and through Purlpit.

[19] Atworth church, with South Wraxall annexed, was anciently a chapelry of Bradford; it became a perpetual curacy in 1847.

[2] In 1962, part of the area of the benefice of Atworth with South Wraxall was transferred to Monkton Farleigh.

[25] All Saints church at Great Chalfield Manor is Grade I listed and dates from the 14th century.