MANNINGFORD-BRUCE, a parish in the hundred
of SWANBOROUGH, county of WILTS, 2 miles (S.
W.) from Pewsey, containing 222 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wilts, and
diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at
£10. 3. 4., and in the patronage of the Rev. Mr. Wells.
The church is dedicated to St. Peter; over the altar is
a tablet inscribed to the memory of Mary Nicholas,
who was greatly instrumental in the preservation of
Charles II., after his defeat at Worcester.