Maddington, Wiltshire Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Maddington, St Mary, Wiltshire - geograph.org.uk - 145937.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Mary's Church, Maddington
Official Name:Maddington
Label Position:top
Coordinates:51.198°N -1.901°W
Region:South West England
Civil Parish:Shrewton
Unitary England:Wiltshire
Lieutenancy England:Wiltshire
Dial Code:01980
Postcode District:SP3
Postcode Area:SP
Post Town:SALISBURY
Constituency Westminster:Salisbury
Os Grid Reference:SU070443

Maddington is a small settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shrewton, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It is on the River Till. Its nearest town is Amesbury, about 60NaN0 to the southeast. In 1931 the parish had a population of 329.[1]

At the time of the Domesday Book (1086), the manor was held by Amesbury Abbey. In 1825 the parish contained seventy-eight houses and had a population of 369.[2] By 1841 the parish of Maddington extended east and south of the village.[3]

For local government purposes, Maddington was added to the adjoining Shrewton parish on 1 April 1934.[4] As Shrewton expanded during the 20th century, Maddington became an area of Shrewton.

St Mary's Church was built in the 13th century, then partly rebuilt in the 17th and 19th. It was declared redundant in 1975 and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[5]

Maddington Manor is a two-storey 18th-century house in brick, remodelled and extended at the front in the 1830s.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population statistics Maddington CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 21 March 2024.
  2. Benjamin Pitts Capper, A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom (G.B. Whittaker, 1825) p. 538
  3. Web site: Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 15 pp201-213 – Parishes: Maddington. British History Online. University of London. 26 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Relationships and changes Maddington CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 21 March 2024.
  5. Web site: St Mary's Church, Maddington, Wiltshire. Churches Conservation Trust. 26 January 2020.