Whiteparish is a village and civil parish on the A27 about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southeast of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the county boundary with Hampshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Cowesfield Green (east of Whiteparish on the A27) and Newton (southwest, near the A36).
Cowesfield was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086,[2] together with nearby settlements at Alderstone (now extinct) and Frustfield (which became Whiteparish).[3]
The place-name 'Whiteparish' is first attested in 1319. It was earlier recorded as 'la Whytechyrche' in 1278, and 'Album Monasterium' in 1291, which both mean 'white church'.[4] The reference is presumably to a stone or whitewashed church.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest[edit]
The parish has two biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Whiteparish Common and Brickworth Down and Dean Hill.
Notable buildings[edit]
Abbotstone House is a Grade II listed building, adjacent to the A27, in the north-western part of the village.[12] Other major residences include Melchet Park, Cowesfield House, Broxmore House, and Brickworth.[13] Brickworth is an old modernized mansion, which was long the seat of the Eyres; it now belongs to Earl Nelson. Earl Nelson is lord of the manor.[14]