EASTON (GREY), a parish in a detached portion
of the hundred of CHIPPENHAM, county of WILTS, 3
miles (W.) from Malmesbury, containing 151 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's
books at £6. 0. 5., and in the patronage of John Howes,
Esq. A branch of the Lower Avon passes through this
parish. There is a trifling sum for the education of
children; and an almshouse for six women is endowed
with £50 per annum.