Maddington, Wiltshire

Maddington
Maddington is located in Wiltshire
Maddington
Maddington
Location within Wiltshire
OS grid referenceSU070443
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSALISBURY
Postcode districtSP3
Dialling code01980
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
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51°11′53″N 1°54′04″W / 51.198°N 1.901°W / 51.198; -1.901

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 6 miles (10 km) 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.[2] In 1825 the parish contained seventy-eight houses and had a population of 369.[3] By 1841 the parish of Maddington extended east and south of the village.[4]

For local government purposes, Maddington was added to the adjoining Shrewton parish on 1 April 1934.[5][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.[6] It was declared redundant in 1975 and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[7]

Maddington Manor is a two-storey 18th-century house in brick, remodelled and extended at the front in the 1830s.[8]

  1. ^ "Population statistics Maddington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Maddington in the Domesday Book
  3. ^ Benjamin Pitts Capper, A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom (G.B. Whittaker, 1825) p. 538
  4. ^ a b Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1995). "Parishes: Maddington". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 15. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 201–213. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via British History Online.
  5. ^ "Relationships and changes Maddington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Church of St. Mary, Maddington Street (1023959)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  7. ^ "St Mary's Church, Maddington, Wiltshire". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Maddington Manor (1355664)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 January 2020.