Deverhill, Monkton
DEVERHILL, MONKTON, a parish, in the union of Mere, S. division of the hundred of Damerham, though locally in the hundred of Mere, Hindon and S. divisions of Wilts, 4¼ miles (N. E. by N.) from Mere; containing 207 inhabitants. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Longbridge-Deverhill: the impropriate tithes have been commuted for £125, and the rectorial for £60; the glebe comprises 51 acres. The church, being dilapidated, was taken down, with the exception of the tower, and rebuilt, chiefly at the expense of the Marquess of Bath; it was re-opened in Nov. 1845.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.