Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire

Description
Collingbourne Kingston, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands on an affluent of the river Avon, 3 1/2 miles NW of Ludgershall, and 1 1/4 mile from Collingbourne railway station, contains several old cottages of ornately-worked brick and flint, and has a post office under Marlborough and an inn; money order and telegraph office, Collingbourne Duels. The parish includes the tithings of Southton, Brunton, Kingston, and Aughton. Acreage, 7400 ; population, 739. The manor belonged to the Col-lingbournes, one of whom was executed in the time of Richard III., on accusation of being a party to Buckingham's rebellion. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £200 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church was restored in 1862. It contains memorials of the Pile and Richards families, and a brass of Constantine Darall of 1495. Nearly the whole parish belongs to the Marquis of Ailesbury, who is lord of the manor. There is a Wesleyan chapel. John Norris, the philosophical opponent of Locke, was a native, and his father was vicar.