Place:Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England

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NameWhiteparish
Alt namesAlderstonesource: extinct hamlet in parish
Cowesfield Greensource: hamlet in parish
Cowesfieldsource: short form of above
Frustfieldsource: former name for Whiteparish
Newton (Whiteparish)source: hamlet in parish
TypeVillage
Coordinates51.011°N 1.651°W
Located inWiltshire, England
See alsoFrustfield Hundred, Wiltshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Salisbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district 1894-1934
Salisbury and Wilton Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district 1934-1974
Salisbury District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality 1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englandunitary authority 2009--
source: Family History Library Catalog


the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Whiteparish is a village and civil parish on the A27 about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southeast of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the county boundary with Hampshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Cowesfield Green (east of Whiteparish on the A27) and Newton (Whiteparish) (southwest, near the A36).

Cowesfield was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, together with nearby settlements at Alderstone (now extinct) and Frustfield (which became Whiteparish).

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

"WHITEPARISH, a parish, with a village and five tythings, in Alderbury [registration] district, Wilts; 2¾ miles S by W of {West] Dean [railway] station, and 8 SE by E of Salisbury. It has a post-office under Salisbury. Acres, with Earldons extra-parochial tract: 6,284. Rated property: £5,775. Population in 1851: 1,344; in 1861: 1,225. Houses: 264. The property is subdivided. Melchet Park, Cowesfield House, Broxmore House, and Brickworth are chief residences. An interesting ancient farmhouse is at the entrance of the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value: £200. Patron: R. Bristow, Esq. The church was restored and partly rebuilt in 1869. There are two Methodist chapels, two endowed schools with £65, and charities £25."

Brickworth is an old modernized mansion, which was long the seat of the Eyres; it now belongs to Earl Nelson. Earl Nelson is lord of the manor. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Research Tips

  • 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.
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