Allington, Salisbury
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Allington is a village and civil parish
in Wiltshire
, England
, about nine miles north-east of Salisbury
. The parish includes the villages of Allington and Boscombe.
Nearby villages are Idmiston
, Amesbury
and Newton Tony
.
James Bell's A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales (1836) says -
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, about nine miles north-east of Salisbury
Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
. The parish includes the villages of Allington and Boscombe.
Nearby villages are Idmiston
Idmiston
Idmiston is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It has a population of 2,025.All Saints Church was built in the 12th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust....
, Amesbury
Amesbury
Amesbury is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is most famous for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is in its parish, and for the discovery of the Amesbury Archer—dubbed the King of Stonehenge in the press—in 2002...
and Newton Tony
Newton Tony
Newton Tony is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, close to the border with Hampshire. Situated in the Bourne Valley, Newton Tony is approximately north-east of its post town, Salisbury. At the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 408...
.
James Bell's A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales (1836) says -