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Alternative names: Deverill Monckton, Monkton Deverill
Parish church:
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Nonconformists include:
Parishes adjacent to Monkton Deverill
- Pertwood
- East Knoyle
- Kingston Deverill
- Brixton Deverill
- West Knoyle
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DEVERILL-MONCKTON, a parish in Mere district, Wilts; on the Deverill rivulet, 4¼ miles NE of Mere, and 5¾ SW of Heytesbury r. station. Post town, Deverill-Kingston, under Warminster. Acres, 1,735. Real property, with Deverill-Kingston, £3,875. Pop., 180. Houses, 42. The property is divided among a few. A monastery, subordinate to Bee abbey, was founded here before 1086. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Deverill-Longbridge, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is good. White, ejected by Cromwell, and afterwards a physician, was incumbent.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch Historical Records
Parish Registers
Marriages at Monkton Deverill 1749-1812 – UK Genealogy Archives
Directories
Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire and the Isle of Wight 1889
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
County: Wiltshire
Civil Registration District: Mere
Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
Diocese: Salisbury
Rural Deanery: Wylye
Poor Law Union: Mere
Hundred: South Damerham
Province: Canterbury