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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pitton like this:
PITTON, a chapelry in Alderbury parish, Wilts; 4 miles E by N of Salisbury r. station. Post-town, Salisbury. Acres, 1, 150. Real property, with Farley, £2, 921. Rated property of P. alone, £1, 456. Pop., 396. Houses, 88. The property is all in one estate. The living is ap. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Alderbury, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is ancient. There are an alms-house-hospital for 12 persons, and a national school.
Pitton is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pitton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pitton in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12061
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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