In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Earldoms like this:
EARLDOMS, an extra-parochial tract in Alderbury district, Wilts; 7½ miles SE of Salisbury. Pop., 48. Houses, 9. It was an ancient property of the Pembrokes; is much occupied with dense wood; and has, among its wood, an anciently entrenched hill, with single rampart and ditch.
Earldoms through time
Earldoms is now part of Salisbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how Salisbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Earldoms itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Earldoms, in Salisbury and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22482
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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