Enford, Wiltshire

Description
Enford, a tithing and a parish in Wilts. The tithing lies on the river Avon, in Salisbury Plain, 7 miles SSW of Pewsey station on the G.W.R., and 8 1/4 W by N of Ludgershall, and has a post office under Pewsey; money order and telegraph office, Upavon. The parish contains also the tithings of Fi-field, Chisenbury, Compton, Combe, Littlecott, Long Street,. and Newtown. Acreage, 8190 ; population of the civil parish^ 800; of the ecclesiastical, 753. The parish contains many barrows, and is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £150 with residence. Patron, Christ's Hospital, London. The church, with a narrow nave supported on massive square pillars, dates from 1080, its most interesting feature being an octagonal vestry of unique design. The spire, said to have been second in the country only to that of Salisbury Cathedral, was struck by lightning in 1817, and in its fall destroyed the roof and utterly wrecked the interior, but left the walls intact. The building underwent repair in 1831, aud was restored at a cost of £1600 in 1893. There is a Baptist chapel.