HANKERTON, a parish in the hundred of MALMESBURY,
county of WILTS, 3 miles (N.E.) from Malmesbury,
containing, with thetything of Cloatly, 356 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's
books at £8. 10. The Rev. J..Wiggett was.patron in
1785. The .church is dedicated to the Holy Cross.