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WINTERBOURNE-STOKE, a parish, with a village, in Amesbury district, Wilts; on Salisbury plain, 4 miles N of Wishford r. station, and 5½ W by S of Amesbury. It has a post-office under Salisbury. Acres, 3,419. Real property, £3,245. Pop., 383. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to Lord Ashburton. Many barrows and traces of an ancient camp are on the downs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £172.* Patron, Lord Ashburton. The chancel of the church was recently rebuilt, and the rest repaired.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Winterbourne Stoke Parish Amesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Winterbourne Stoke |
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