MILDENHALL, a parish in the hundred of
LEY, county of WILTS, 1 mile (E. N. E.) from Marlborough,
containing 414 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wilts, and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £17. 8. 9. and
in the patronage of the Executors of the late Rev
Richard Pococke. The church, dedicated to St. John the
Baptist, was repaired by the Rev. Charles Francis, late
i-ector, at a considerable expense; he also built and endowed
a " Protestant" free school, for the education of
poor children. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. On the right of the London road
leading from the forest to Marlborough are slight traces
of the ancient Roman station Cunetio; where many Roman
coins, tesselated pavements, &c., have been discovered.