ANSTEY, a parish in the hundred of DUNWORTH,
county of WILTS, 5 miles (s. E. by S.) from Hindon,
containing 327 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury,
and in the patronage of Lord Arundel. The church,
dedicated to St. James, is a very ancient structure.
Here was a preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers,
founded by Walter de Turberville, in the reign
of John, the revenue of which at the dissolution was
£81. 8. 5.; its remains have been converted into a
farm-house. Dr. Richard Zouch, an eminent civilian,
and judge of the court of Admiralty in the reign of
Charles I., was a native of this place.