BOSCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of AMESBURY,
county of WILTS, 3 miles (S. B. by E.) from Amesbury,
containing 128 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, rated in
the king's books at £13. 17. 1., and in the patronage
of the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is dedicated to
St. Andrew. Four almshouses, for two widows and two
widowers, are endowed with a rent-charge of £24.