The northwestern boundary of the tithing was the Woodborough stream, a tributary of the Avon;[4] thus Bottlesford hamlet was within Manningford Bohune.

The central third of the parish, held by Grimbald the Goldsmith in 1086,[2] named after the Norman William de Breuse in 1275.

[10] One of the hundred's meeting-places was Swanborough Tump, a low earthwork in the north of Abbots parish, near the boundary with Wilcot.

The site, now a scheduled monument,[11] is described in the Victoria County History as a bowl barrow[10] but more recently by Historic England as a medieval construction.

[14] The aisleless nave and the chancel are from the late 11th or early 12th centuries and are built in flint laid in a herringbone pattern.

[18] The benefice was held in plurality with Everleigh from 1967,[19] and in 1975 became part of a team ministry[20] which today covers a wide area in the Pewsey Vale.

[22] Providence Chapel was built by Baptists on the main road at Manningford Bohune, and carries a date of 1869.

[26] The rectory was a 17th-century timber-framed building, which from 1812 was encased in red brick and enlarged, with a five-bay facade;[27] the house was sold in the 1920s after the union with Manningford Bruce.

It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

[3] The Berks and Hants Extension Railway from Hungerford to Pewsey and Devizes was built across the north of the parish and opened in 1862.

[31] Manningford Halt was opened in 1932, near the bridge carrying the road to Wilcot; it closed in 1966 when local services on the line were withdrawn.