# Milston

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{{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](/source/Wiltshire_Council)
| lieutenancy_england = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire)
| region = South West England
| country = England
| post_town = Salisbury
| postcode_district = SP4
| postcode_area = SP
| dial_code = 01980
| constituency_westminster = [East Wiltshire](/source/East_Wiltshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| website = 
}}
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'''Milston''' is a hamlet and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in Wiltshire, England, about {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} north of [Salisbury](/source/Salisbury) and separated from [Durrington](/source/Durrington%2C_Wiltshire) by the [River Avon](/source/River_Avon_(Hampshire)). The parish covers two [hamlets](/source/hamlet_(place)), Milston and '''Brigmerston''', along with farm buildings on [Salisbury Plain](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Earthworks_(archaeology)) including [bowl barrow](/source/bowl_barrow)s.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1009463|desc=Bowl barrow, Milston|access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref> The [Nine Mile River](/source/Nine_Mile_River%2C_Wiltshire) rises on Brigmerston Down and is joined by the [Damson Brook](/source/Damson_Brook).

Milston hamlet contains a small [Grade II* listed](/source/Listed_building) church dedicated to [St Mary](/source/St_Mary), erected in the 13th/14th centuries and restored in 1806 and 1906. The single bell in the [bellcote](/source/bell-cot) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Joseph_Addison) (1672–1719), whose father [Lancelot Addison](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol15/pp136-143 |series=[Victoria County History](/source/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}}
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Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire
Category:Civil parishes in Wiltshire

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