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, £22...
5.* 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
For the best overall sense of how the area containing Cholderton has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Salisbury. More detailed statistical data are available under Historical units & statistics for administrative units named after or covering Cholderton.
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