Description
Martin, a parish in Wiltshire, adjacent to Hants and to Dorsetshire, 4 miles NNE of Cranborne, and 5 1/2 from Fordingbridge station on the L. & S.W.R., with a post and money order office under Salisbury; telegraph office, Cranborne. It contains the tithings of East Martin, West Martin, and Tidpit. Acreage, with Toyd Farm and Allenford, 4566; population, 413. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £270 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Damerham. The church is very ancient, but underwent extensive repairs in 1894-95. It has a tower and spire. There are Primitive Methodist and Congregational chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
