In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fittleton like this:
FITTLETON, a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 6 miles S by W of Pewsey r. station, and 6½ N of Amesbury. It includes the tything of Hacklestone; and its post town is Enford, under Marlborough. Acres, 3, 185. Real property, with Chisenbury, Compton, and Enford, £10, 414. ...
Rated property of F. alone, £2, 200. Pop., 393. Houses, 75. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £444.* Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is good. An endowed school has £10, and other charities £9.
Fittleton through time
Fittleton is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fittleton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fittleton, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11757
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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