Witherington Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Witherington
Static Image Name:Witherington Farm from southeast - geograph.org.uk - 1751162.jpg
Static Image Caption:Witherington Farm
Coordinates:51.022°N -1.74°W
Label Position:left
Region:South West England
Civil Parish:Downton
Unitary England:Wiltshire
Lieutenancy England:Wiltshire
Postcode District:SP5
Postcode Area:SP
Post Town:SALISBURY
Constituency Westminster:Salisbury
Os Grid Reference:SU183248

Witherington is a small settlement in Wiltshire, England, in the extreme south-east of the county, a tithing of the civil parish of Downton.

Although surveyed in the Domesday Book in the 11th century, it is now little more than one farm. The farmhouse, built about 1700, is a Grade II listed building.

By 1147 there was probably a church at Witherington, dependent on Downton. As the population declined it was abandoned, probably in the 15th century.

When civil parishes were created in 1897, the tithing was part of the parish of Standlynch with Charlton All Saints. This parish was united with Downton in 1934.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: British History Online. Victoria County History - Wiltshire: Vol 11 pp19-77 – Parishes: Downton. D.A.. Crowley. A.P.. Baggs. Elizabeth. Crittall. Jane. Freeman. Janet H. Stevenson. University of London. 1987. 20 July 2016.