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.

[8] A small schoolroom was built c. 1841 in the south of the village; in 1881 around 80 pupils attended, including children from Abbots.

[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.

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opened in 1932, near the bridge carrying the road to Wilcot; it closed in 1966 when local services on the line were withdrawn.