The parish is on the county border with Somerset and includes the hamlets of Huntenhull Green, Short Street and Thoulstone.

The village lies about 3.5 miles (6 km) from each of three towns: southwest of Westbury, northwest of Warminster, and east of Frome (in Somerset).

[4] The principal local industries were weaving and agriculture, but the employment profile of the village is now very similar to Southern England generally.

[5] Originally a chapel of ease to Dilton Marsh church, Chapmanslade was transferred to the Corsley ecclesiastical parish in 1924,[6] which now forms part of the Cley Hill benefice.

A mile to the east of the main village is Thoulstone Park, formerly a golf club and hotel which closed in 2001, now a restaurant and wedding venue.

Kate French, modern pentathlon gold medallist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, lives in the village.