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Bishopstone, Wiltshire

Bishopstone, Wiltshire.
SW of Salisbury. SW of Wilton. See Google Maps.

Rev. George Augustus Montgomery was Rector of Bishopstone 1821-1842.
The church is to the NE side of the village.
Rev. George built a new Rectory, possibly in 1834-1842.
He died 1842.
See Tomb of Rev. George Augustus Montgomery inside Bishopstone church.

Bishopstone church and the new rectory.
From old map. Revised: 1900. Published: 1901.

Bishopstone church (centre) and the new rectory (right).
From satellite view.

Bishopstone church.
Photo 2005. See full size.
See street view.

Bishopstone church.
Photo 2005. See full size.
See other shot.
See street view.

The new rectory

Beside the church.
Built by Rev. George Augustus Montgomery (Rector 1821-1842) to replace the old rectory.
The old rectory (not this one) was described by his uncle in 1822 as "an ill-built house".
Note his uncle did live in one of the greatest houses in England.
Rev. George built the new Rectory possibly in 1834-1842.
The new rectory is now a private house, Bishopstone House.

The new rectory.
Photo 2005. See full size.

The Old School

Coming from the church, on the road heading W (away from Salisbury), this is on RHS.
This is the school founded by Rev. George Augustus Montgomery in 1837-1842.
School closed 1977.
Now a private house. Sign says "The Old School".
See street view.

Bishopstone school.
From old map. Revised: 1886. Published: 1889.

The Old School.
Photo 2005. See full size.

Arms on the Old School.
Photo 2005. See full size.

Close-up of Arms.
Photo 2005. See full size.
See other shot.
[Thomas, 2009] thinks these are the arms granted to Reebkomp in 1791: "the facade [of the Old School] bears, albeit faintly, the arms given to Augustus Montgomery by his father, the 10th Earl of Pembroke."

Sources yet to be consulted

WSHC 2057/E1/15. Letters to and from the Rev. Thomas Bromley about his building a new parsonage house at Bishopstone. Date: 1811-1812. (This is clearly before Rev. George Augustus Montgomery's time.)
Bishopstone Church in the Wiltshire volume of "The Buildings of England".
- 1st edn, 1963.
- 3rd edn, 2021.