From “Chicklade And Pertwood’, A Short Parish History‘ by E.R. Barty, M.A., Chicklade, Old Rectory, first published December 1955:
Wiltshire owes much to Sir Richard Colt Hoare, historian and antiquarian, who explored the county and its ancient remains in the early nineteenth century. He left to us in his “Modern Wiltshire” (1829) and other writings, a very full, historical account of each parish.
He came to Chicklade across Berwick Down where the annual Fair was held on 6th November. November 8 is St. Leonard’s Day and the old custom was to hold a village Fair on or near the day of their patron saint.
There are among us still some who can remember Berwick Fair and its lively scenes – sales of horses and sheep, men calling their wares from their booths, gingerbread stalls and lollipops and the shouting that could he heard over the hill in Chicklade valley.