STURTON, (Wiltshire) or STOURTON, on the W. side of Mere, at the source of the Stour, which rises here out of 6 springs, gave name to its ancient Lds. some of whom had great possessions in these parts, and bore considerable offices in the state before the Ref. One of them, in the R. of Henry VI. obtained a grant for divers deer-leaps in his park here, as well as for a yearly Fair, and was created Baron Stourton of Stourton, from whom is descended the present Charles Ld. Stourton.