Allington, Salisbury

The south of the parish has evidence of Iron Age settlement and a Romano-British villa; the Port Way Roman road crossed the parish in the southeast. The name Allington derives from the Old English Ealdaingtūn meaning 'settlement connected with Ealda'. Allington is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, when there were eight households and one mill at Alentone, on land held by Amesbury Abbey. By 1377, Allington was still a small village, with 35 poll-tax payers. The Salisbury road went through the centre of the village, passing east of the church, until 1835 when a short bypass was made, taking it immediately west of the church. an early 20th-century rebuilding of an establishment standing there in 1848 or earlier. after it closed in 1972, children attended the newly built school at Porton. In 1934 the neighbouring small parish of Boscombe was added to Allington parish. ==Religious sites==

The Church of England parish church of St Andrew at Boscombe dates from the 14th century and is Grade I listed. Nearby, the former rectory began as a hall house in the 15th century and is now Grade II* listed. The church of St John the Baptist at Allington is an 1851 rebuilding of a church which was largely 13th-century; the new building kept the same plan and details, and incorporated fragments of 12th-century stonework. It was declared redundant in 2010 and is now in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. The benefices of Allington and Boscombe were united in 1924, and the incumbent was to live in the Allington parsonage house. In 1970 the parishes were united, and in 1973 they became part of the Bourne Valley Benefice. St Andrew's became the sole parish church after the Allington church was declared redundant in 2010. A cottage at Allington was converted into a Primitive Methodist chapel in 1843 and extended in 1981. By 2014 the building had returned to private occupation. ==Railways==

The Andover to Salisbury railway opened across the southeast of the parish in 1857. In the north of the parish, the Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway was built in 1901 to serve Bulford Camp, with a station at Newton Tony where the line crossed the Allington road. This line closed to passengers in 1952, with goods services continuing until 1963. ==References==