Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILSFORD, or W.-Dauntsey

WILSFORD, or W.-Dauntsey, a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts; 1¾ mile SSW of Woodborough r. station, and 5 WSW of Pewsey. It includes Manningford-Bohun tything, and has a post-office under Marlborough. Acres, 2,997. Real property, £3,877. Pop., 521. Houses, 118. The manor belongs to Sir F. Astley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £242.* Patron, St. Nicholas Hospital, Salisbury. The church is tolerable.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wilsford AP/CP       Wiltshire AncC
Place names: W. DAUNTSEY     |     WILSFORD     |     WILSFORD OR W. DAUNTSEY
Place: Wilsford

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