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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Orcheston St George like this:
ORCHESTON-ST. GEORGE, a village and a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts. The village stands on Salisbury plain, 8 miles N E of Wiley r. station, and 12 S S E of Devizes; and has a post-office under Devizes. The parish contains also the hamlet of Elston, and comprises 2, 363 acres. Real property, with Orcheston, St. ...
Mary, £3, 480. Rated property of O., St. G. alone, £1, 548. Pop., 236. Houses, 48. The property is divided between two. The manor belongs to W. Linton, Esq. The parish is remarkable for the widely-known Orcheston grass. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. value, £600.* Patron, Wadham College, Oxford. The church is of the 14th century, and in excellent condition; and has stained-glass windows. There is a national school.
Orcheston St George is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Orcheston St George itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Orcheston St George in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12046
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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