WINTERBOURNE (EARLS), a parish in the hundred of ALDERBURY, county of WILTS, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Salisbury, containing 210 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary of Chute and Chisenbury in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Near the village is an ancient earthwork, called Chlorus' Camp, or Figbury Ring, from its circular form, including an area of about fifteen acres.