In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Donhead St Mary like this:
DONHEAD-ST. MARY, a village and a parish in Tisbury district, Wilts. The village stands on the river Nadder, ½ a mile NE of Donhead-St. Andrew village, and 1¾ SE of Semley r. station. The parish includes also the tythings of Charlton, Dognol, and Haystone; and its post town is Donhead-St. ...
Andrew, under Salisbury. Acres, 5, 247. Rated property, £5, 611. Pop., 1, 482. Houses, 330. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Charlton, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £928. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is old but good, and has a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans.
Donhead St Mary through time
Donhead St Mary is now part of Salisbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how Salisbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Donhead St Mary itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Donhead St Mary, in Salisbury and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11722
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
Not where you were looking for?
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Donhead St Mary".
