HILPERTON, a parish in the hundred of MELKSHAM, county of WILTS, 1 mile (N. B.) from Trowbridge, containing 904 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £16, and in the joint patronage of Richard Godolphin Long, John Long, and Jones Long, Esqrs. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists. The river Avon, and the Kennet and Avon canal, pass through the parish.