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MADDINGTON, a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts; in Salisbury plain, 5½ miles N of Stapleford r. station, and 6 W by N of Amesbury. Post town, Shrewton, under Devizes. Acres, 3,973. Real property, with Shrewton and Rollstone, £7,295. Rated property of M. alone, £3,456. Pop., 396. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to Sir Stephen-Fox, ancestor of the Earls of Ilchester and Lords Holland; and belongs now to L. P. Maton, Esq. Traces exist of ancient buildings. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Valne, £64.* Patron, L. P. Maton, Esq. The church is ancient but good. Charities, £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Maddington Parish Amesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Maddington |
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