Dinton, Wiltshire

Description
Dinton, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands near the river Nadder, 5 1/2 miles W of Wilton; it has a station on the L. & S.W.R., 92 miles from London, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Salisbury. The acreage of Dinton is 2461, and of Teffont 1646. Population of the civil parish, 413; of the ecclesiastical, 645. Dinton House is the seat of the Wyndham family. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Teffont-Magna, in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £280. Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is good, and was thoroughly restored in 1876. Lord Clarendon the historian was born in the parsonage. Henry Lawes .the musician also was a native, whom Milton designates as" Harry, whose tuneful and well-measured song First taught our English music how to span Words with just note and accent."