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The village is 4 miles E of Chippenham. The church of St Martin has Saxon origins: the NW corner of the nave features long-and-short work. However, the nave arcades date from the 13thc but were restored in 1850. The chancel also dates to the 13thc. The only Romanesque carving is the font.
Around 935 king Athelstan granted Bremhill to Malmesbury Abbey. The Domesday Book records a large population of 79 households. In 1066 its lord was Alstan of Boscombe; in 1086 the lordship passed to Gilbert, Edward, Theodric, and William of Eu.
The church was restored by William Butterfield between 1862-1863.
DCMS Listing Description.
N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, Harmondsworth 1985.
