Landford
| Landford | |
| Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU257188 |
| Location: | 50°58’5"N, 1°38’6"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,271 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Salisbury |
| Postcode: | SP5 |
| Dialling code: | 01794 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wiltshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Salisbury |
| Website: | Parish Council |
Landford is a village and parish in the Frustfield hundred of Wiltshire, situated ten miles south-east of Salisbury. The southern boundary of the parish also forms the county border with Hampshire. Since 2017, the civil parish has also included the small village of Nomansland and the hamlet of Hamptworth.
The River Blackwater crosses the parish from west to east, on its way to join the Test in Hampshire. The A36 Salisbury-Southampton trunk road bisects the parish in the northeast.
History
Evidence of prehistoric activity includes a bell barrow and two bowl barrows from the Bronze Age;[2] and earthworks known as Castle Copse Camp, late Bronze or early Iron Age.[3]
The Domesday Book of 1068 recorded a settlement with six households and a mill.[4] Woodland in the area continued to be part of the royal forest of Melchet until 1614, when James I granted the forest to Sir Lawrence Hyde.[5]
Notable buildings
The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew is Grade-II* listed[6] and was built in 1858 to designs by the Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield.[7][8]
Landford Manor dates from the 17th century and is Grade-II* listed.[9]
Grade-II-listed Wickets Green Farmhouse dates from the 16th century[10] and has connections with the family of Lord Nelson.
Notable people
- Nigel Anderson (1920-2008), soldier, landowner, chairman of Wiltshire Council and High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
Amenities
There is a public house (the Landford Poacher),[11] a village shop and post office. The village used to have a bakery but it closed in 2007.
The local school is the New Forest Primary School which has two sites: for younger children at Landford and older children at Nomansland. The latter began as a National School of 1867 on Hamptworth common, then in the 20th century the village of Nomansland expanded to surround it.[12][13]
Nearby Landford Bog and Landford Heath are biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
References
- ↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?item=Landford. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1005593: Landford Common round barrows
- ↑ National Heritage List 1004755: Castle Copse camp
- ↑ Landford in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Crittall, Elizabeth, ed (1959). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 4: Royal forests". University of London. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol4/pp391-433. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1184023: Church of St Andrew, Landford
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 291. ISBN 0 14 071026 4.
- ↑ "Church of St. Andrew, Landford". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=715. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1300292: Landford Manor, Landford
- ↑ National Heritage List 1023917: Wickets Green Farmhouse
- ↑ The Landford Poacher
- ↑ "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 11 pp19-77 - Parishes: Downton". University of London. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol11/pp19-77#h2-0036. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ "Nomansland and Hamptworth C. of E. Aided Primary School". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getschool.php?id=860. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Landford) |
- "Landford". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=133. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- Landford Parish Council