Hodson, Wiltshire

Hodson is a hamlet in a small valley, in the parish of Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England. The hamlet lies about half a mile northwest of the edge of Chiseldon village; the M4 motorway runs a similar distance to the north, and the centre of the large town of Swindon is some 3 miles (5 km) to the northwest.

Hodson
The centre of Hodson
Hodson Location within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	SU174804
Civil parish	Chisledon with Draycott Folliatt
Unitary authority	Swindon
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Swindon
Postcode district	SN4
Dialling code	01793
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Swindon South

Ordnance Survey map from 1959 showing Wroughton (C3), Burderop Park (E3) and Hodson. Grid squares are 1km.

By the 13th century, Hodson was part of Chiseldon manor.[1]

North of the hamlet is Burderop Wood, c.120 acres (49 ha), designated a Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971 due to the wet ash-maple and acid pedunculate oak-hazel-ash woodland.[2]

Part of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway ran close to the north part of the hamlet (grid squares E2–F2 in the image). The line was no longer used after March 1964, and part of its route through Burderop Wood was used for the M4 motorway west of junction 15 in the 1970s.

Hodson has a public house, the Calley Arms.[3]

See also

• Hodson Stone Circle

References

1. Dunning, R.W.; Rogers, K.H.; Spalding, P.A.; Shrimpton, Colin; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1970). Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 9 pp6-23 – Parishes: Chiseldon". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
2. "Thamesdown Borough Council 1971 designation as BSSSI" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
3. "Views in and around Hodson". Retrieved 20 February 2009.