IDMISTON, a parish in the hundred of ALDERBURY, county of WILTS, comprising the chapelry of Porton, and the tythings of Ford, Gomeldon, Idmiston, and Shripple, and containing 438 inhabitants, of which number, 177 are in the tything of Idmiston, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Salisbury. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £15. 6. 0., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The Rev. John Bowie, celebrated for his critical knowledge of Spanish literature, who published one of the best editions of the Spanish Don Quixote, was vicar of this parish.