In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Winterbourne Gunner like this:
WINTERBOURNE-GUNNER, a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts; 1 mile SSW of Porton r. station, and 4½ NNE of Salisbury. Post town, Salisbury. Acres, 1,562. Rated property, £1,080. Pop., 150. Houses, 31. The manor belonged, in the time of Henry III., to Henry Delamere; and it took its suffix name of Gunner from his wife Gunnora. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £235. Patron, not reported. The church was repaired in 1810. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Winterbourne Gunner through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Winterbourne Gunner, in Salisbury and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12162
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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