Fittleton
"FITTLETON, a parish in the hundred of Elstub, county Wilts, 5 miles N. of Amesbury, its post town, and 14 E. of Andover. It is situated on the river Avon, and includes the tything of Hackleston. The village lies in a fertile valley, with open downs on each side. The soil is a light loam, mixed with flints, resting on a substratum of chalk. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £444, in the patronage of Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is a small structure, dedicated to All Saints. It has a carved oak roof, and contains some monuments. There is an endowed National school for both sexes. Sir E. M. H. Beach, Bart., is lord of the manor."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Fittleton is 8 miles SW of Ludgershall. Grid Ref SU146495. Postcode SP4 9PZ. Population 331 in 1831, 274 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- All Saints, Church of England
Church Records
- All Saints, Church of England
- St Thomas More and St John Fisher, Other
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Fittleton, All Saints:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1624-1892, Mar 1634-1992, Bur 1634-1986
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Fittleton from the National Gazetteer (1868).