Milston
"MILSTON, a parish in the hundred of Amesbury, county Wilts, 3 miles N. of Amesbury, its post town, and 10 N.E. of Salisbury. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Avon, and is wholly agricultural. The parish contains the hamlet of Brigmerston. The living is a rectory* with the curacy of Brigmerston annexed, in the diocese of Sarum, value £275. The church, which is of great antiquity, is dedicated to St. Mary. The parsonage house was the birth-place of Addison, the poet and statesman, in 1672, at which period his father was rector of the parish."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Milston is 3 miles North of Amesbury. Grid Ref SU163452. Postcode SP4 8HT. Population 107 in 1831, 154 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- St Mary, Church Road, Church of England
Church Records
- St Mary, Church Road, Church of England
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Common to all parishes is a Key to Abbreviations and a description of Church Records and Indexes for Wiltshire, including a complete Marriage Index for the county.
Indexes and registers of the parish church of Milston, St Mary:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1540-1991, Mar 1540-1997, Bur 1540-1992
- BTs from 1578 with gaps
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur 1539-1837
- Phillimore Marriages 1540-1812 (vol 3)
- National Burial Index 1539-1838
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Milston from the National Gazetteer (1868).