In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bemerton like this:
BEMERTON, a chapelry in Fugglestone-St. Peter parish, Wilts; 1½ mile W by N of Salisbury r. station. Post Town, Salisbury. Rated property, £1,336. Pop., 109. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Fugglestone, in the diocese of Salisbury. The old church had windows of decorated English, and a font of early English; and was restored by George Herbert, the poet. ...
The present church was built in 1861; is in the transition style from first to second pointed; and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and porch, with northeastern square tower, but presents a very irregular outline. George Herbert, who died in 1635; John Norris, the poet and metaphysician, who died in 1711; and Archdeacon Cox, the traveller and historian, who died in 1828, were rectors.
Bemerton through time
Bemerton is now part of Salisbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how Salisbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bemerton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bemerton, in Salisbury and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11539
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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