Baydon is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England about 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Swindon.

The village is on the Ermin Way Roman road which runs north-west towards Cirencester and forms part of the western boundary of the parish.

[2] Their daughter Angela inherited the Coutts fortune, and her philanthropy included rebuilding several cottages in the village between 1875 and 1890.

[2] In the south of the parish, the land of Baydon House farm also had a succession of owners from the 17th century.

[2] One source states that Sir Isaac Newton had an estate at Baydon, which he gave away shortly before his death in 1727.

[3] The population of the parish peaked at 380 around the time of the 1861 census, then fell steadily to 213 in 1921 before rising sharply from the 1960s,[4] as it became a dormitory community for people working in Swindon.

[15] A barn at Finches Farm, with flint walls and a generous thatched roof, is from the 17th century.