Martin, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Martin, a parish in Wiltshire, adjacent to Hants and to Dorsetshire, 4 miles NNE of Cranborne, and 5½ from Fordingbridge station on the L. & S.W.R., with a post and money order office under Salisbury; telegraph office, Cranborne. It contains the tithings of East Martin, West Martin, and Tidpit. Acreage, with Toyd Farm and Allenford, 4566; population, 413. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £270 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Damerham. The church is very ancient, but underwent extensive repairs in 1894-95. It has a tower and spire. There are Primitive Methodist and Congregational chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Martin from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Martin (All Saints))

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online:

• Salisbury and Winchester Journal
• Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette
• Wiltshire Independent
• Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle