From The West Wiltshire District Guide 1978:
The village of Longbridge Deverill is situated on the main Warminster-Shaftesbury road which is crossed at the centre of the village by the Bruton-Salisbury road.
It is believed that the village derived its name from the long bridge built over the marsh and river to join both parts of the parish, and to give access to Shaftesbury.
The Church of SS. Peter and Paul is very ancient, and is supposed to have been consecrated by Thomas a’ Becket: it was restored at the expense of the Marquis of Bath in 1852. It still has three perfect and undoubted Norman arches separating the north aisle from the nave. This church is one of the oldest in the neighbourhood, it contains fabric dating at the latest from the 12th century. Norman work may be noticed in the ornamentation of the lower part of the tower. The font is also Norman workmanship.
The manor of Longbridge Deverill descended from William Mullens to the Ludlows, and is now held by the Marquis of Bath.
The work of the village is mostly agricultural, the land is of greensand and chalk.