Tradition has it that the extension to Holy Cross church Chiseldon, known as the Draycot aisle, was constructed from these raw materials.
The resulting parish was expected to pay the sum of five shillings and twelve pence to the Deacon of Wiltshire every Passover.
[8] In 1915, the War Office requisitioned part of the Burderop Park estate for army training;[9] there had previously been annual military camps and manoeuvres in the area.
[11] After the war, the camp became a demobilisation centre and a temporary home for South African, Australian and New Zealand troops.
[10] Training activity at the site increased for the Second World War, and King George VI visited for inspections on 29 March 1940.
[9] An Ordnance Survey map published in 1960 shows the camp buildings, with a network of roads remaining from the site of the hospital.
[13] The site continued in army use until 1962, and demolition of most of the remaining buildings began in 1974;[9] the married quarters were sold as housing, named Ridgeway View.