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ORCHESTON-ST. MARY, a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts; on Salisbury plain, 8¾ miles N E of Wiley r. station, and 11¼ S S E of Devizes. Post-town, Orcheston, St. George, under Devizes. Acres, 1, 737. Real property, with Orcheston, St. George, £3, 480. Pop., 177. Houses, 41. The property is divided betweentwo. The manor belongs to Miss Mills. Orchestondown is in the N E. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £380.* Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church is partly ancient, and restored; and the chancel was recently rebuilt.
(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: | Orcheston St Mary Parish Amesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Orcheston St Mary |
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