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Witherington
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Witherington
Location within Wiltshire
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Post town SALISBURY
Postcode district SP5
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51°01′19″N1°44′24″W / 51.022°N 1.740°W / 51.022; -1.740

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, [1] it is now little more than one farm. The farmhouse, built about 1700, is a Grade II listed building. [2]

By 1147 there was probably a church at Witherington, dependent on Downton. As the population declined it was abandoned, probably in the 15th century. [3]

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. [3]

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References

  1. Witherington in the Domesday Book
  2. Historic England. "Witherington Farmhouse and attached cottage (1023910)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1987). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History - Wiltshire: Vol 11 pp19-77 – Parishes: Downton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 20 July 2016.