L. D’O. Walters, in A Complete Guide To Wiltshire, published in 1920, noted:
Fisherton de la Mere (Station: Wylye, 1 and a half m., G.W.R.). – In the Domesday Book the village is called Fiser-tone, and is probably the tun or enclosure of the fisheries, but by some it is thought that the word is derived from the Fitzurse family – Fitzer-ton – and the Fitznese did hold land in the county and gave their name to Langley Fitzurse. The affix de la Mere is derived from the family of that name who held this manor in 1390. A Sir John de la Mere was Sheriff of Wilts in the reign of Edward III.
The Church of St. Mary to the left of the road consists of an embattled south tower, wherein is a porch, nave, north transept, and chancel. It was rebuilt in 1833 on Trans Norman foundations, and the tower and the font alone date from the original church. The chancel is a rebuilding of 1862.