Kelly’s Directory, Boyton With Corton, 1848:
Boyton, on the river Wiley, in the Hundred of Heytesbury and Warminster Union, 3 miles south-east from Heytesbury, and 7 south-east from Warminster, contained, in 1841, with the hamlet of Corton, 360 inhabitants, with an area of 3,826 acres. The living is a rectory, value £549, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, and in the patronage of Magdalen College, Oxford. The Rev. William Aldrich, B.D., is the present incumbent. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a fine specimen of early English architecture, and consists of a nave, chancel, north and south aisles. J. Benett, Esq., M.P. for South Wilts, is lord of the manor. At Corton is a place of worship for Baptists.
Gentry:
Mr. Thomas Reynolds, Corton.
Rev. George Southwell, B.A. [curate].
Francis Wyndham, Esq., Boyton House.
Traders:
Ishmael Baverstock, parish clerk, Corton.
Ambrose Patient, farmer, Corton.
Henry Phillips, farmer.
James Snelgrove, farmer, Corton.
Richard Withers, farmer, Corton.
Letters received through the Heytesbury office.