FONTHILL (GIFFORD), a parish in the hundred
of DUNWORTH, county of WILTS, 1 mile (S.E.) from
Hindon, containing 471 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury,
rated in the king's books at £ 13.10., and in the patronage
of the Executors of the late Mr. Farquhar. The
church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. In this parish was
the magnificent mansion belonging to William Beckford,
Esq., called Fonthill Abbey.