POTTERNE, a parish in the hundred of POTTERNE-and-CANNINGS,
county of WILTS, 1 mile (S. by W.)
from Devizes, comprising the tythings of Marston
and Worton, and containing 1609 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
Bishop of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at
£20. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Salisbury,
as Prebendary of Potterne. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, is an ancient cruciform structure;
a new gallery has been lately erected in the north transept,
at the expense of the present vicar, who has in
other respects contributed to the embellishment of
this venerable edifice. The Bishops of Salisbury had
formerly a residence here, of which there are no traces,
excepting a garden wall.