__NOTOC__ Milston is a hamlet and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in Wiltshire, England, about north of

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

and separated from Durrington by the River Avon. The parish covers two

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

, Milston and Brigmerston, along with farm buildings on

Salisbury Plain Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering . It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk Group and largely lies w ...

. The population in 2011 was 130 – the same as in 1861.

Heritage

The name Milston derives from the Old English ''midlest tūn'', meaning "middlemost farm/settlement". Milston Down Wood has

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including

bowl barrow A bowl barrow is a type of burial mound or tumulus. A barrow is a mound of earth used to cover a tomb. The bowl barrow gets its name from its resemblance to an upturned bowl. Related terms include ''cairn circle'', ''cairn ring'', ''howe'', ''ke ...

s. The Nine Mile River rises on Brigmerston Down and is joined by the

Damson Brook Damson Brook is a small river in Wiltshire, United Kingdom. It rises in the civil parish of Bulford, just north of Bulford Camp. After two miles it joins Nine Mile River in the civil parish of Milston, which in turn flows into the River Avon. ...

. Milston hamlet contains a small

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church dedicated to

St Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

, erected in the 13th/14th centuries and restored in 1806 and 1906. The single bell in the

bellcote A bellcote, bell-cote or bell-cot is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells. Bellcotes are most common in church architecture but are also seen on institutions such as schools. The bellcote may be carried on brackets projecting from ...

dates from about 1209 and the font probably from the 13th century. It is one of seven

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parishes currently covered by the Avon River Team ministry. The Old Manor House at Milston, dating from 1613, is a Grade II*

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Notable residents

Milston was the birthplace of the writer and politician

Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard ...

(1672–1719), whose father

Lancelot Addison The Reverend Lancelot Addison (1632 – 20 April 1703) was an English writer and Church of England clergyman. He was born at Crosby RavensworthJohn Julian: ''Dictionary of Hymnology'', 2nd edition, p. 19. London: John Murray, 1907. in Westmorland ...

, writer and cleric, was Rector of Milston from 1670 to 1681, when the Rectory burnt down.ODNB: Pat Rogers, "Addison, Joseph (1672–1719

Alastair Hamilton, "Addison, Lancelot (1632–1703)
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* {{Authority control Hamlets in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire