TEFFONT-EVIAS, a parish in the hundred of DUNWORTH,
county of WILTS, 6 miles (W.) from Wilton,
containing 147 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, inthe
archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the
king's books at £8, and in the patronage of the Rev.
John Thomas Mayne. The church has been lately re-
Trailt, on which occasion it received an addition of one
hundred free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the
enlargement of churches and chapels having granted
£100 towards defraying the expense. The river Nadder,
and a beautifully clear stream, which rises near the adjoining
village of Teffont-Magna, run through the parish
the latter forms a lake, covering two acres, well
stocked with trout. There is a fine freestone quarry,
now being worked, besides very extensive excavations,
from which the stone used in building Salisbury cathedral
was taken. The manor-house, a handsome structure
in the later style of English architecture, was the
birthplace of Henry, Earl of Marlborough, Lord High
Treasurer and Chancellor of England in the time Of
James II.