Hankerton, Wiltshire

Description
Hankerton, a village and a parish in Wiltshire. The village stands 3 1/2 miles NE of Malmesbury station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Malmesbury; money order and telegraph office, Crudwell. The parish includes also the tithing of Cloatley. Acreage, 2203; population, 335. The manor belongs to the Earl of Suffolk. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, £190 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Crudwell. The church is ancient and good, with a tower.