ALDERBURY, a parish in the hundred of ALDERBURY,
county of WILTS, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Salisbury,
comprising the chapelries of Farley and Pitton,
and containing 1125 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage
of the Treasurer in the Cathedral Church of
Salisbury. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There
is a place of worship for Weslcyan Methodists. Here
is a small endowed free school. A monastery formerly
existed at Ivy Church, in this parish, the site of which
is now occupied by a modern residence.