256 Ancient Chapels, &c., in Co. Wiits. 
AuineTon, in the parish of Chippenham. John Aubrey, (1660), 
has this memorandum, ‘‘ Quere J. Milsham about the Chapel, 
or then perhaps Church, where the pidgeon house stands now, 
the pidgeon house being part of it. It was dedicated to 
St......... The Revell is kept the Sunday after Molyroode 
day 14th September.” 
No further notice of any Chapel here has been met with. 
[See Wilts. Collections, Aubrey & Jackson, p. 72. | 
Axton Priors, (Elstub and Everley Hundred). The “ Free Chapel 
of Alton,” was confiscated among Wilts Chantries, 1 Edw. 
VI. James Rogers was “Rector,” 1517. On his death in 
1545, John Hunnings was appointed, and seems to have been 
the last. [Val. Eccl. and Wilts. Instit. ] 
Atvepiston, or Aston, (Hundred of Chalk). . Mr. C. Bowles, [ Mod. 
Wilts. Chalk, p. 16] says there was a chantry here, but 
there appears to be no further account ofit. Thesouth transept 
is called the “ Norrington,” or “‘Gawen’s Aisle.” The north 
transept, “ Gould” or “ Gold’s Aisle.” 
AmpresBury Monastery (Hundred of Amesbury). Ambresbury 
is perhaps the oldest Ecclesiastical locality in Wilts. A mon- 
astery of Monks or Friars is mentioned as having been in 
very remote times on the Hill of Ambrius, Ambrosius, or 
Ambres (Holy Stones): for the exact derivation of the name 
is not certain. This very early House of religious men was 
succeeded by one of Benedictine Nuns, founded about A.D., 
980, by Elfrida, widow of King Edgar, on or near the present 
site of Amesbury House, which is not on the hill but below 
it. The church of the nuns is now the parish church. It 
was reduced in size after the Reformation. The particulars 
of this have been printed in the Wilts. Arch. Mag. x. 73. 
There was also a Chapel in the Infirmary of the Monastery. 
Ansty, (in Dunworth Hundred). Here was a “Preceptory” or 
House of the Knights Hospitalars, of St. John of Jerusalem, 
founded by Walter de Turberville, 12 John, “ to God, St. 
Mary and St. John the Baptist.” That the “ Confratria,” or 
Brethren, had a Chapel in their house does not appear. John 

