Swallowcliffe (St. Peter)

SWALLOWCLIFFE (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Tisbury, hundred of Dunworth, Hindon and S. divisions of Wilts, 8 miles (E. N. E.) from Shaftesbury; containing 282 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from Salisbury to Shaftesbury, and comprises about 1250 acres. Quarries are in operation, producing an excellent stone which is applied to the purposes of building and of sculpture. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and has a net income of £80: there is a glebe-house, recently built, with two or three acres of land. The church, which was very ancient, having become much dilapidated, divine service was discontinued for a time; but a new edifice has lately been erected, in the Norman style, chiefly at the expense of the Earl of Pembroke and his family. The poor have an allotment of about 20 acres, let for £20 per annum.