Everleigh, Wiltshire

Description
Everley or Everleigh, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands on Salisbury Plain, 4 1/2 miles WNW of Ludgershall, and 3 from Collingbourne station on the Midland and South-Western Junction railways. It has a good inn, and was once a market-town. The parish comprises 3286 acres; population, 344. Post town, Collingbourne, Ducis. The manor was held by the Saxon kings, is said to have had a palace of King Ina, passed to the Plantagenets, was given by Elizabeth to Sir Ralph Sadlier, and went to successively the Evelyns, the Barkers, and the Astleyh. Everley House was probably built by Sir Ralph Sadlier, is now the seat of Sir J. D. Astley, Bart., and contains some curious old pictures. A pool, adjacent to the village, beais the name of King's Pond, supposed to have been given to it in commemoration of King Ina. Several eminences within the parish have ancient barrows, and remains of ancient British villages and camps. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £393 with residence. Patron, Sir J. D. Astley. The church is modern and beautiful, on the model of a previous ancient one, and has a tower and a peal of six bells.