Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Milston

Milston, par. and vil., Wilts, on river Avon, 3 miles NE. of Amesbury, 2265 ac., pop. 155; birthplace of Joseph Addison (1672-1719), poet and essayist.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Milston AP/CP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Milston

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