Brixton Deverill is a small village and civil parish about south of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. The parish is in the Deverill Valley which carries the upper waters of the River Wylye. The six villages of the valley – Kingston Deverill, Monkton Deverill, Brixton, Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill and Crockerton – are known as the Deverills. History In 1086, Domesday Book recorded a settlement called Devrel with 25 households, a church and a mill, on land held by the Abbey of Bec-Hellouin, Normandy. The lord in 1068 had been the Saxon Brictric, resulting in the 'Brixton' prefix to the placename. The abbey lost control of the estate during the wars with France, and in the 1440 Brixton was granted to King's College, Cambridge, who held it until 1941. The population of the parish peaked in the 1860s and 1870s, standing at 227 at the 1871 census, then fell sharply to 69 in 1901. The next century saw only a small increase, reaching 83 in 2011. Local government Brixton Deverill parish includes the small isolated settlement of Lower Pertwood. It elects members to a parish council called Upper Deverills, shared with the neighbouring parish of Kingston Deverill. The two parishes fall within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions. Church The Anglican Church of St Michael the Archangel dates from the 13th century and has a 15th-century tower; restoration was carried out in 1730 and 1862. The font from St Giles, Imber, was relocated here following the evacuation of that village in 1943. In 1968 the church was designated as Grade II* listed. Roman villa In April 2016 it was announced that the remains of a large Roman villa had been discovered in the village in February 2015. After excavations by archaeologists from Historic England and The Salisbury Museum, a mosaic floor was uncovered of a large Roman property. The mosaic formed part of a 3-storey grand villa. The site is now known as the Deverill Villa. A Roman stone coffin, suitable for a child, which was being used as a plant pot, was also found. References External links Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire