Standlinch or Standlynch, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Standlinch or Standlynch, a parish in Wiltshire, on the river Avon, 1 mile from Downton station on the L. & S.W.R., and 5 miles SE by S of Salisbury. Post town, Salisbury; money order and telegraph office, Downton. Acreage, 713; population, 72. Standlinch House was built in 1733 by Sir P. Vandeput, and is now the seat of Earl Nelson and called Trafalgar House. There is no living.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
Hundred | Downton | |
Poor Law union | Alderbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Standlinch or Standlynch from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Standlinch)
Newspapers and Periodicals
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