TIDWORTH (NORTH), a parish in the hundred of
AMESBURY, county of WILTS, 2 miles (S. W. byW.) from
Ludgershall, containing 327 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury;
rated in the king's books at £11. 17- 1-, and in the patronage
of the Crown. The church is dedicated to the
Holy Trinity. Robert Maton, a celebrated divine, was
born here about 1607. North-west of the village, on
the summit of an isolated hill, is the large earthwork
called Chidbury Camp, in form resembling a heart, and
enclosing an area of seventeen acres.