Chute, Wiltshire

Description
Chute, a village and a parish in Wilts, on its eastern border. The village lies to the south of the Roman road from Winchester to Hungerford, under Cliute Down, 4 miles NE of Ludgershall, and 8 NW of Andover. It has a post and money order office of the name of Chute Standen under Andover; telegraph office, Ludgershall. The parish includes the hamlets of Upper Chute, Cadley, and Chute Stan-den. Acreage, 3256 ; population, 388. Conholt Park and Standen House are chief residences. Haydon Hill Castle, on the farm of Fosbury, is an ancient camp. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £198 with residence (vicarial tithe rent commuted at £302 with 30 acres of glebe). Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church,. dedicated to St Nicolas, has been entirely rebuilt in the Early English style. The chancel was rebuilt in 1869, and the nave in 1871. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are the impropriators of the great tithes. There are two Wesleyan chapels. Corderoy the divine was a native.