Notable Residents
The travel writer Henry Maundrell was born in Compton Bassett in 1665. Major Clement Walker Heneage was born here in 1831. In December 2008, the pop star Robbie Williams purchased a £7 million property in the village, complete with gamekeeper lodgings and grounds.
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