War Office / War Department
Dates: Government department active during the period
Biography
The United Kingdom government department responsible for the army before the creation of the Ministry of Defence. It acquired substantial land on Salisbury Plain for military training, including land described in 1898 as including the manor at Figheldean.
Notes / Sources
This is an institutional holder; the sources do not establish whether all manorial rights continued to be exercised after acquisition.
Research sources:
- Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire, 1898, entry for Figheldean; corroborated by the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre parish history, which dates major War Department acquisitions to 1898-1899. — https://forebears.io/england/wiltshire/figheldean
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