Description

Stourton, a parish in Wiltshire, 2 1/2 miles WNW of Mere, and 7 from Gillingham station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Bath; money order and telegraph office, Bourton. Acreage, 3496; population, 410. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Stourhead, separately noted, is the chief feature. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £380 with residence. The church is ancient, contains monuments of the Stourtons and Hoares, and was restored in 1878. The churchyard is ornate, and contains a lofty stone cross, the mausoleum of the Hoare family, and a monumental tower over the remains of Sir R.C. Hoare, the author of "Ancient Wiltshire."