Netheravon, Wiltshire

Description
Netheravon, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands on the river Avon, 5 miles N by W of Amesbury, and 7 S by E of Woodborough station on the G.W.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Salisbury. The parish contains also the tithing of Chisenbury-de-la-Folly. Acreage, 3536; population of the civil parish, 505; of the ecclesiastical, 552. There is a parish council consisting of nine members and a chairman. The manor, with Netheravon House, belongs to the Beach family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £165 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is ancient, has been restored, and has a pinnacled tower. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels. Sydney Smith was curate.