Calstone

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title: "Calstone" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["calne-without", "geography-of-wiltshire"] description: "Former tithing and manor in Wiltshire, England" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calstone" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former tithing and manor in Wiltshire, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	Church of St. Mary, Calstone - geograph.org.uk - 123165.jpg
static_image_caption	Church of St. Mary, Calstone
coordinates
official_name	Calstone
civil_parish	Cherhill
unitary_england	Wiltshire
lieutenancy_england	Wiltshire
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Chippenham
post_town	Calne
postcode_district	SN11
postcode_area	SN
dial_code	01249
os_grid_reference	SU022691
website
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| country = England | static_image_name = Church of St. Mary, Calstone - geograph.org.uk - 123165.jpg | static_image_caption = Church of St. Mary, Calstone | coordinates = | official_name = Calstone | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = Cherhill | unitary_england = Wiltshire | lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = Chippenham | post_town = Calne | postcode_district = SN11 | postcode_area = SN | dial_code = 01249 | os_grid_reference = SU022691 | website = Calstone is a former tithing and manor in Wiltshire, England, lying southeast of Calne and adjacent to Calstone Wellington, in the civil parish of Cherhill.

The area was almost certainly part of the large Calne estate held by the king in the 10th century or earlier. By 1066, three estates had been granted away: one which became Calstone manor, another which became Calstone Wellington manor, and a third which was later called Blunt's. The Domesday survey in 1086 recorded three landholdings at Calestone, with altogether 62 households and four mills. The remainder, later called the 'black land' of Calstone, was kept by the Crown until 1194 when it was granted to a new owner and became the manor and parish of Blackland.

Calstone village was divided between Calne and Calstone Wellington parishes. A church had been built at Calstone by 1301, presumably on the Blunt's estate; from 1600 the ecclesiastical parish was called Calstone Wellington, and the village later took this name also. Since at least 1889, the name Calstone has not been used for the settlement on Ordnance Survey maps.

The Wiltshire Victoria County History lists the landowners, including the Barons Zouche from the early 14th century to the 1550s, and from 1572 Sir Lionel Duckett (1511–1587). He was a wealthy London merchant, Lord Mayor of London in 1572–1573, who supported early voyages to Africa which paved the way for the slave trade in later centuries. His son Stephen and seven other Duckett descendants were returned as MP for the rotten borough of Calne, the small number of electors being under the influence of the lord of the manor. In 1763, Thomas Duckett sold much land, including Calstone, to William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (from 1784 Marquess of Lansdowne and Viscount Calne and Calston).{{London Gazette | issue = 12599 | date = 27 November 1784 | page = 1

An estate later called Calstone Wylye was detached from Calstone manor in the 12th century, and reunited with Calstone when it was bought by Stephen Duckett in 1585.

In the 19th century, Calstone Wellington was recognised as a civil parish, while Calstone remained a tithing of Calne. In 1890, both Calstone Wellington and Calstone were absorbed into the newly created Calne Without parish. Boundary changes which came into effect in May 2025 transferred this area to Cherhill parish.

For the history of the church and its parish, see Calstone Wellington.

References

References

1. (2002). "A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 17". University of London.
2. {{OpenDomesday. SU0268. calstone-wellington. Calstone (Wellington)
3. (1889). "Ordnance Survey six-inch map: Wiltshire sheet XXVII".
4. Connell, Tim. (7 December 2011). "The City Livery Companies".
5. (2002). "A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 17". University of London.
6. (18 March 2021). "Calstone Wellington as part of the Bowood Estate".
7. "John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)". University of Portsmouth.
8. (October 2022). "Community Governance Review 2021/22: Final Recommendations of the Electoral Review Committee".

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