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*''Not to be confused with Bishopstone, Swindon'' Bishopstone is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies in the Ebble valley, about south-west of Salisbury. The parish is on the county boundary with Hampshire and includes the small village of Croucheston and the hamlet of The Pitts. ==History== The area has evidence of prehistoric settlement, such as a bowl barrow near Croucheston Down Farm. Grim's Ditch, a prehistoric earthwork, forms the southern boundary of the parish. A Roman road from Old Sarum to Dorchester crosses the parish. It is not known when Bishopstone was first inhabited or what it was called but fragmentary records from Saxon times indicate that the whole Chalke Valley area was thriving. It is surmised that the village was originally known as ''Eblesborne'', but by 1166 it had been acquired by the See of Winchester and was known as ''Bissopeston''. It is also surmised that ''Eblesborne'' meant that the land and the burna (river) was once owned by a man called ''Ebbel''.〔(''Ebbesbourne Wake through the Ages'' by Peter Meers )〕 The village of Eblesborne is mentioned by historian Michael Wood in his book ''Domesday, a Search for the Roots of England'' because in 902 the Bishop of Winchester leased an estate in 'Ebbesbourne' to Beornwulf at a rent of 45/- a year.〔 In the book ''Ebbesbourne Wake through the Ages'' Peter Meers states that this reference was about Bishopstone, not Ebbesborne Wake.〔 The Domesday Book in 1086 divided the Chalke Valley into eight manors, ''Chelke'' (Chalke - Broad Chalke and Bowerchalke), ''Eblesborne'' (Ebbesbourne Wake), ''Fifehide'' (Fifield Bavant), ''Cumbe'' (Coombe Bissett), ''Humitone'' (Homington), ''Odestoche'' (Odstock), ''Stradford'' (Stratford Tony and Bishopstone) and ''Trow'' (circa Alvediston and Tollard Royal).〔 The parish contains six ancient villages, possibly since Saxon times. To the north of the river these were Bishopstone, Netton and Flamston; to the south, Throope, Faulston and Croucheston. Names of former settlements survive in Netton Farmhouse (1637), Throope Manor (18th century), and Faulston House (17th century). The roadside settlement known as The Pitts developed in the 19th century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bishopstone, Salisbury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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