In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Earldoms like this:

EARLDOMS, an extra-parochial tract in Alderbury district, Wilts; 7½ miles SE of Salisbury. Pop., 48. Houses, 9. It was an ancient property of the Pembrokes; is much occupied with dense wood; and has, among its wood, an anciently entrenched hill, with single rampart and ditch.

Earldoms through time

Earldoms is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Earldoms itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Earldoms in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22482

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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