Place:Nunton with Bodenham, Wiltshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

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

"NUNTON-WITH-BODENHAM, a parish in Alderbury [registration] district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 2½ miles S S E of Salisbury [railway] station. It contains the hamlets of Nunton and Bodenham, the latter of which has a post-office under Salisbury. Acres, with Downton parish and Langley-Wood extra-parochial tract: 13,221. Real property, with Charlton: £3,531. Rated property of [Nunton with Bodenham] alone: £1,382. Population: 282. Houses: 64. The property is divided among a few. New Hall belonged formerly to J. T. Batt, Esq.; belongs now to Major-General Buckley; and contains a valuable collection of pictures. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Downton, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church was recently restored by Wyatt, and contains a monument of J. T. Batt, Esq. There are a Baptist chapel, and a national school."

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Nunton and Bodenham were originally tithings of Downton parish. In the 19th century each was deemed to be a separate civil parish, then in 1934 the villages were transferred and merged into Odstock parish.

Nunton is a small village about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Salisbury. Bodenham was 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the east.

Nunton is on the River Ebble, while Bodenham is close to the junction of the Ebble and the Hampshire Avon. The A338 primary route (linking Salisbury with the south coast) separates the two villages.

The Anglican Church of St Andrew at Nunton is Grade II* listed. It has 12th-century origins but was rebuilt in 1854-55 by T.H. Wyatt. There is a window by Christopher Webb. Nunton House, built in around 1720, is also Grade II* listed.

North of Bodenham is the Longford Castle estate, seat of the Pleydell-Bouverie family, Earls of Radnor.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 11, pp19-77 - Parish: Downton". British History Online. University of London. Has references to Nunton and Bodenham.
• 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.