KELLY’S DIRECTORY 1848
Berwick St. James, a village 7 miles north-west from Salisbury, and 93 miles from London, in the Hundred of Branch and Dole, and Wilton Union; the population in 1841 was 250, extending over 2,492 acres. Lord Ashburton is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage, value £54, in the gift of Lord Ashburton; the Rev. Charles Lawford, M.A., incumbent. The church is in the early English style, wity Norman square tower, and 5 bells; it is dedicated to St. James. Near this place are the entrenchments called Yarnborough Castle.
Gentry:
Erlysman Charles Pinckney, esq.
Traders:
Robert Downs, farmer.
George Dyer, blacksmith.
Mrs. Jane Gilbert, grocer and draper.
William Kyte, Boot Inn.
James Morris, grocer.
George Tabor, famer.
John Tucker, farmer.
Letters sent from South Newton.