Kelly’s Directory 1848, Brixton Deverill:
Brixton Deverill, a parish in the Hundred of Heytesbury and Union of Warminster, distant 5 miles south from Warminster, 4 miles north-west from Hindon, and 5 north-east from Mere. The living is a rectory, value £260, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury and patronage of the Bishop; the Rev. William Barnes, M.A., is the present incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. Here is a small National School, and a place of worship for Independent Methodists. Population, in 1841, was 197; area in acres, 2,447.
Gentry:
Rev. William Barnes, M.A. [magistrate].
Mrs. Sturgess.
Traders:
Jesse Brown, shopkeeper.
John Compton, farmer.
George Haskell, shoemaker.Â
Justice Rawlings, machine maker.
Stephen Rawlings, farmer.
John Scott, farmer.
Richard Scott, farmer.
John Tucker, carpenter.
Jonathon Tucker, wheelwright.
Robert Tucker, carpenter.
William Tucker, wheelwright and farmer.
Letters received through Warminster Office.
National School, Miss Charlotte Ann Tucker, mistress.