Place:Ansty, Wiltshire, England

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Ansty is a small village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) east of Shaftesbury. The village is just north of the A30 road between Shaftesbury and Salisbury. The parish includes the hamlet of Ansty Coombe.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Ansty from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"ANSTEY, a parish in Tisbury [registration] district, Wilts; under Whitesheet hill, 2 miles S by E of Tisbury [railway] station, and 5 SSE of Hindon. Post Town: Tisbury under Salisbury. Acres: 840. Real property, with Swallowclift: £3,778. Population: 298. Houses: 59. The property is divided among a few. A preceptory of the Hospitallers was founded here in 1210; and a barn belonging to it still remains. The living is a donative in the diocese of Salisbury. Value: £22. Patron: Lord Arundell. The church is the oldest in the diocese; has an ancient font; and is in tolerable condition. Dr. Richard Zouch, judge of the court of admiralty in the reign of Charles I., was a native."

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 13, pp93-100 - Parish: Ansty. British History Online. University of London.
• From this Ancestry page you can browse the Wiltshire parishes which have parish register transcripts online, quite often from very early dates. However, reading the early ones requires skill and patience. Transcriptions should also be in FamilySearch.
• A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Wiltshire.