Poulshot (pronounced Pole-shot) is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Devizes, about to the northeast. The parish includes the hamlet of Townsend. The A361 Trowbridge-Devizes road forms part of the northern boundary of the parish, while most of the western boundary is the Summerham Brook, a tributary of the Semington Brook. History The Domesday survey of 1086 recorded around 70 households in the area, a relatively large number, although it is not possible to identify which settlements this number refers to. By 1242, the overlord of the manor was John FitzAlan, who was lord of Keevil manor. The Wiltshire Victoria County History traces the later owners, including Sir John Lovel (1341–1408), Gifford Long (c.1576–1635) and the Long family of Rood Ashton. The landowner in 1953 was Viscount Long of Wraxall. Manor Farmhouse, south of the village green, is a 17th-century timber-framed house which was re-fronted in brick in the early 18th century. Church Farmhouse also began as a timber-framed house and was re-cased in roughcast in the early 19th century. In the 17th century, John Aubrey wrote in his Natural History of Wiltshire:At Poulshot, a village neer the Devises, in the spring time the inhabitants appeare of a primrose complexion; 'tis a wet, dirty place. Religious sites Parish church The Anglican church of St Peter is southwest of the village green, at Townsend. There is a record of a church in 1207, one of several which had been given to Bec Abbey, Normandy and were exchanged for others under the Bishop of Salisbury. The nave of the present church dates from the late 13th century. Nikolaus Pevsner observed that the narrowness of the 14th-century aisles implies that they retain the layout of an earlier building. Set into the walls of the north and south aisles are scalloped 12th-century capitals. The south window of the chancel has rare pieces of grisaille glass from c.1300. The south porch is from c.1400. Alterations in the 15th century included new windows, although the chancel retains two small lancets of the late 13th century. The chancel was extended in the 16th century, making it longer than the nave. The narrow west tower with pyramidal roof was erected in 1853 by the rector, William Fisher, in memory of his wife who had died the previous year. It carries three bells – two of them cast by John Wallis in 1606