OWENS DIRECTORY 1878
FONTHILL BISHOP is a parish and village two miles from Hindon; population, 173. The Church is dedicated to All Saints. The living is a Rectory, value £255 per annum; patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The Rev. R.W. Sheldon, M.A., is the Rector, and resides at the Rectory. Letters via Salisbury; the nearest Money Order office is at Hindon.
Thomas Coombs, farmer;
Richard Gattrell, New inn, Chicklade Bottom;
George Gray, King’s Arms;
Frederick Ingram, farmer;
Richard Perrett, shopkeeper.