FOVANT, otherwise FOFFONT, a parish in the
hundred of CAWDEN-AND-CADWORTH, county of WILTS,
7 miles (W. by S.) from Wilton, containing 523 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £ 17,
and in the patronage of the Earl of Pembroke. The
church is dedicated to St. George.