LAVERSTOCK, a parish comprising the hamlet of Ford in the hundred of ALDERBURY, and the tything of Milford in that of UNDERDITCH, county of WILTS, 1 mile (N. B.) from Salisbury, and containing 904 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, and in the patronage of the Vicars Choral of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. Here is a celebrated establishment for lunatics, under the superintendence of Dr. Finch.