Alvediston is a village and civil parish in the Salisbury district of Wiltshire, England, with a population of 91 (2001 census). It is about eight miles east of Shaftesbury. In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... Salisbury is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Location within the British Isles For other uses, see Shaftesbury (disambiguation) Shaftesbury is a town in North Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. ...
The 14c hall and vaulted undercroft survive as does the vaulted porch and doorway with a kings head corbel.
The small but attractive village of Alvediston rests tranquilly at the upper end of the Ebble Valley and it was in such quiet valleys that the old Celtic families and names lingered long after the Saxon and Norman conquests.
Alvediston is an unusual name and there is uncertainty as to its meaning and origin.
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