Witherington

This article is about the settlement in Wiltshire. For the English painter, see William Frederick Witherington.
Witherington

Witherington Farm
Witherington
 Witherington shown within Wiltshire
OS grid referenceSU183248
Civil parishDownton
Unitary authorityWiltshire
Ceremonial countyWiltshire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SALISBURY
Postcode district SP5
Police Wiltshire
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentSalisbury
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Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°01′19″N 1°44′24″W / 51.022°N 1.740°W / 51.022; -1.740

Witherington is a small settlement in Wiltshire, England, in the extreme south-east of the county, a tithing of the civil parish of Downton.

Although surveyed in the Domesday Book in the 11th century,[1] it is now little more than one farm. The farmhouse, built about 1700, is a Grade II listed building.[2]

By 1147 there was probably a church at Witherington, dependent on Downton. As the population declined it was abandoned, probably in the 15th century.[3]

When civil parishes were created in 1897, the tithing was part of the parish of Standlynch with Charlton All Saints. This parish was united with Downton in 1934.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Witherington in the Domesday Book
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Witherington Farmhouse and attached cottage (1023910)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1987). Crowley, D.A., ed. "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 11 pp19-77 - Parishes: Downton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 20 July 2016.


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