In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Milston like this:
MILSTON, a village and a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts. The village stands on the river Avon, 3 miles N by E of Amesbury, and 6½ N by W of Porton r. station; and consists of a small group of very pretty cottages, the parish church, and a gabled old parsonage, the birth-place of Joseph Addison, and now a farm-house. ...
The parish contains also the hamlet of Brigmerston; and its Post town is Amesbury, under Salisbury. Acres, 2,2 43. Real property, with Bulford and Durrington, £7,235. Rated property of M. alone, £1,246. Pop., 130. Houses, 26. The property is all in one estate.The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Brigmerston, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £344. * Patron,Rendall, Esq. The church is ancient and tolerable. Launcelot Addison, the father of Joseph Addison, was rector.
Milston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Milston, in Salisbury and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11978
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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