In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cholderton like this:
CHOLDERTON (West), a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts; on the verge of the county, 2¾ miles W by N of Grateley r. station, and 5 ENE of Amesbury. It has a post office, of the name of Cholderton, under Salisbury. Acres, 1, 661. Real property, with Allington and Newton-Toney, £4, 637. ...
Pop., 191. Houses, 38. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the Foyles; and belongs now to the Dowager Countess Nelson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £225.* Patron, Oriel College, Oxford. The church was built in 1844; and is in the perendicular style, with an octagonal tower and a spire. Charities, £12.
Cholderton through time
Cholderton is now part of Salisbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how Salisbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cholderton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cholderton, in Salisbury and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11687
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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