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MOD byelaws: Wiltshire

Byelaws detailing access to Defence Estate land in Wiltshire.

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To be reviewed

The following sites are on the current programme to be reviewed. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below or byelaws do not currently exist and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.

Lapsed

Over the years the MOD has sold or transferred the freehold or relinquished the leasehold at a significant number of sites that were once the subject of byelaws. This list may also be helpful in showing for environmental and historical research those areas of the country once occupied by MOD. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.

  • Codford Rifle Range ^
  • Fovant Rifle Range ^
  • Sutton Veny Rifle Range ^

Revoked

Over the years the MOD has reviewed existing byelaws, in the process revoking previous byelaws. The MOD has also revoked byelaws on land that is in the process of being disposed of. This list may be helpful in showing for environmental and historical research those areas of the country once occupied by MOD. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.

  • Salisbury Plain Artillery Ranges byelaws 1913 ^
  • Salisbury Plain District Byelaws 1915 ^
  • Salisbury Plain District Byelaws 1906 ^
  • Salisbury Plain Netheravon Machine Gun Ranges byelaws 1933 ^
  • Salisbury Plain Rifle Ranges in the County of Wiltshire Byelaws 1923 ^
  • ^ No copy of the byelaw document is currently available.

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Updates to this page

Published 31 March 2011
Last updated 13 June 2019 show all updates
  1. Updated with the latest MOD byelaws for Wiltshire.

  2. Updated summary

  3. First published.

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