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A vision of Britain through time
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NETHERAVON, a village, a parish, and a sub district, in Pewsey district, Wilts. The village stands on the river Avon, 5 miles N by W of Amesbury, and 8 S by E of Woolborough r. station; and has a post-office under Marlborough. The parish contains also the tything of Chisenbury-de-la-Fol1y. Acres, 5, 160. Real property, with Figheldean, £9, 649. Rated property of N. alone, £3, 664. Pop., 546. Houses, 1 21. The property is notmuch divided. The manor, with Netheravon House, belongs to Sir M. E. H. Beach, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £348.* Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is ancient, was recently restored, and has a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, and charities £7. Sydney Smith was curate here.—The sub-district contains also twelve other parishes, and a chapelry. Acres, 36, 866. Pop., 5, 471. Houses, 1, 199.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Netheravon AP/CP Netheravon SubD Pewsey RegD/PLU Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Netheravon |
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