FONTHILL (BISHOPS), a parish in the hundred of DOWNTON, locally in the hundred of Mere, county of WILTS, 1 mile (E. by N.) from Hindon, containing 228 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £ 10, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Win-, Chester. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is principally in the early style of English architecture.