Milston, Wiltshire

Description
Milston, a village and a parish in Wiltshire. The village stands on the river Avon, 3 miles N by E of Amesbury, and 6 1/4 N by W of Porton station on the L. & S.W.R., and consists of a small group of very pretty cottages, the parish church, and a gabled old parsonage, the birthplace of Joseph Addison, and now a farmhouse. The parish contains also the hamlet of Brigmerston, and its post town is Amesbury, under Salisbury. Acreage, 2265; population, 154. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of Brigmerston, in the diocese of Salisbury; gross value, £280 with residence. The church is ancient and has been restored. Launcelot Addison, the father of Joseph Addison, was rector.