Baydon
| Baydon | |
| Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
 St Nicholas' parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU2878 |
| Location: | 51°30’0"N, 1°35’53"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 525 (2001) |
| Post town: | Marlborough |
| Postcode: | SN8 |
| Dialling code: | 01672 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wiltshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Devizes |
| Website: | Baydon village website |
Baydon is a village in Wiltshire, about 10 miles south-east of Swindon. The eastern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with Berkshire and the village is about seven miles north-west of the Berkshire market town of Hungerford.
The parish church of St Nicholas has a Norman nave and two-bay north arcade.[1] The south aisle and northern clerestory are Early English Gothic.[1] The north aisle was rebuilt in 1857-58 by the Gothic Revival architect GE Street.[1] The south clerestory is Perpendicular Gothic.[1]
History
Baydon is close to the Ridgeway, believed to be a pre-Roman road. The village is on the course of Ermine Street, a Roman Road between Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester).
Sir Isaac Newton bought an estate in Baydon which he settled on three of his grand-nephews and nieces days before his death in 1727.[2] He later admitted that he had overpaid for it.
The M4 motorway which passes just north of the village was opened on 22 December 1971.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Baydon) |
- Baydon Cricket Club
- Wiltshire Council Website page on Baydon, retrieved 15:30 Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
References
Sources and further reading
- Brewster, David (1855). Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton. 2. Edinburgh: Thomas Constable & Co.. p. 397. http://books.google.co.uk/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=LCCN04033757&id=d1cLlLfr7HcC&dq=isaac+newton+baydon&lpg=PA397&pg=PA397.
- Crowley, D.A. (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1983). A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 12: Ramsbury and Selkey hundreds; the Borough of Marlborough. Victoria County History. pp. 52–61.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 105. ISBN 0 14 0710.26 4.