Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Amesbury

Amesbury, par. and town, S. Wilts, 7½ m. N. of Salisbury, on river Avon, 5936 ac., pop. 1127; P.O., T.O.; contains the seat of A. Abbey. Market-day, Friday. Stonehenge is 2 miles W. of Amesbury.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Amesbury CP/AP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Amesbury

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