Fyfield (Pewsey)

Fyfield is a small hamlet about 1 mile east of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England.

It is to be distinguished from the larger village of Fyfield, 3 miles west of Marlborough, also in Wiltshire. The two places are only about 6 miles apart. It should also be distinguished from the hamlet of Fifield, Wiltshire, which is in the parish of Enford about 6 miles south of Pewsey.

Fyfield is a tithing of the parish of Milton Lilbourne. It is typical of the strip tithings on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain: it extends from the greensand on the valley floor to the chalk downland of Fyfield Hill (confusingly also known as Fyfield Down, but to be distingushed from Fyfield Down on the Marlborough Downs, near the other Fyfield).

Fyfield Manor includes parts which date back to the 15th century. It was the home of Sir Anthony Eden in the 1960s.

References

* [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getconcise.php?id=163 A history of Milton Lilbourne, by John Chandler]