Maddington, Wiltshire

Description
Maddington, a parish in Wiltshire, in Salisbury Plain, 6 miles from Wishford station, 7 from Wylye station on the G.W.R., and 9 from Wilton station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Shrewton (S.O.) Acreage, 3968; population of the civil parish, 343 ; of the ecclesiastical, with Shrewton, 891. The manor belonged formerly to Sir Stephen Fox, ancestor of the Earls of Ilchester and Lords Holland. The living is a vicarage, united with Shrewton, in the diocese of Salisbury; joint value, £220 with residence. The church is ancient.