[1] There is a prehistoric ditch on the slopes of Tidcombe Down, south and southwest of the village; part of the western boundary of the parish follows it.

[3] The eastern boundary of the ancient parish followed the Roman road from Cirencester to Winchester, known in this area as Chute Causeway; on this section, between Marlborough in the northwest and Andover in the southeast, the road deviates south to avoid the dry valleys around Hippenscombe.

The manor remained with the Dukes of Somerset until 1675, and was then held by the Seymours alongside Pewsey until sold around 1767 by Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife Elizabeth (née Seymour) to Edward Tanner (d.1779).

In brick and stone dressings and with a five-bay front, it is now Grade II* listed.

[8] The Fosbury tithing was made a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1856 after a church was built there.

[16] Today the parish forms part of the Savernake team ministry, alongside eleven other rural churches around Burbage.