Wootton Rivers

Wootton Rivers

Wootton Rivers is a small village located between Pewsey and Marlborough in Wiltshire. It is home to the Wootton Rivers Lock, and the Royal Oak pub.

Its church has an unusual clock with one face using the letters GLORYBETOGOD instead of numerals.

References

*Wootton Rivers', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16: Kinwardstone Hundred (1999), pp. 229-236. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23053. Date accessed: 19 January 2008.


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