FISHERTON-ANGER, a parish in the hundred of
BRANCH-AND-DOLE, county of WILTS, containing 1253
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the
king's books at £ 13. W. H. F. Talbot, Esq. was patron
in 1804. The church is dedicated to St. Clement.
There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan
Methodists. This place is situated on the bank of the
river Avon, which separates it from the city of Salisbury;
over the river is an ancient stone bridge, at the
foot of which formerly stood the county gaol 5 the site
has been converted into a market garden, and a new
gaol erected on the road leading to Devizes. The Salisbury
infirmary is situated in this village. A house of
Black friars was endowed, by Edward I.