{{Short description|Hamlet in Wiltshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=October 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Milston | static_image_name = St Mary's, Milston - geograph.org.uk - 457186.jpg | static_image_caption = St Mary's, Milston | coordinates = {{coord|51.207|-1.767|type:city(200)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = SU164453 | label_position = top | population = 130 | population_ref = (in 2011)<ref name="census">{{cite web|title=Wiltshire Community History – Census|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Census?communityId=162|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref> | civil_parish = Milston | unitary_england = Wiltshire | lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire | region = South West England | country = England | post_town = Salisbury | postcode_district = SP4 | postcode_area = SP | dial_code = 01980 | constituency_westminster = East Wiltshire | website = }} __NOTOC__ '''Milston''' is a hamlet and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} north of Salisbury and separated from Durrington by the River Avon. The parish covers two hamlets, Milston and '''Brigmerston''', along with farm buildings on Salisbury Plain. The population in 2011 was 130 – the same as in 1861.<ref name="census"/>
==Heritage== The name Milston derives from the Old English ''midlest tūn'', meaning "middlemost farm/settlement".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Wiltshire/Milston |title=Milston, Wiltshire |publisher=University of Nottingham |work=Key to English Place Names |access-date=August 2, 2012}}</ref> Milston Down Wood has earthworks including bowl barrows.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1009463|desc=Bowl barrow, Milston|access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref> The Nine Mile River rises on Brigmerston Down and is joined by the Damson Brook.
Milston hamlet contains a small Grade II* listed church dedicated to St Mary, erected in the 13th/14th centuries and restored in 1806 and 1906. The single bell in the bellcote dates from about 1209 and the font probably from the 13th century.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1183149 |desc=Church of St Mary, Milston |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref> It is one of seven Church of England parishes currently covered by the Avon River Team ministry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Mary, Milston |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/milston-st-mary/ |website=A Church Near You |publisher=Church of England |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=All About St Mary's Milston |url=http://www.avonriverteam.org.uk/allaboutstmarysmilston.htm |website=Avon River Team |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref>
The Old Manor House at Milston, dating from 1613, is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1318536 |desc=The Old Manor House, Milston |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref>
==Notable residents== Milston was the birthplace of the writer and politician Joseph Addison (1672–1719), whose father Lancelot Addison, writer and cleric, was Rector of Milston from 1670 to 1681, when the Rectory burnt down.<ref>ODNB: Pat Rogers, "Addison, Joseph (1672–1719)"[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/156]; Alastair Hamilton, "Addison, Lancelot (1632–1703)" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/157. Retrieved 1 May 2014]</ref>
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==External links== * {{Cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol15/pp136-143 |series=Victoria County History |title=A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 15 |chapter=Parishes: Milston |pages=136–143 |editor-first=D. A. |editor-last=Crowley |author-first1=A. P. |author-last1=Baggs |author-first2=Jane |author-last2=Freeman |author-first3=Janet H. |author-last3=Stevenson |date=1995 |via=British History Online |publisher=University of London |access-date=20 April 2023}} {{Commons category-inline}}
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Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire Category:Civil parishes in Wiltshire