Berwick St James
| Berwick St James | |
| Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU072393 |
| Location: | 51°9’11"N, 1°53’56"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 142 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Salisbury |
| Postcode: | SP3 |
| Dialling code: | 01722 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wiltshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Salisbury |
| Website: | Village |
Berwick St James is a village and parish on the River Till in the Branch and Dole hundred of Wiltshire. It is situated about seven miles north-west of Salisbury, on the southern edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish includes the hamlet of Asserton. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 185, reducing to 142 at the 2011 census.[1]
History
Yarnbury Castle, an iron age hillfort, is partly within the parish. In the Domesday Book of 1086, estates at Berwick and Asserton were part of Winterbourne Stoke; by the 12th century the village had its present name.[2] Stapleford Castle, a mediæval ringwork castle, was just south of the parish at Stapleford.[3] Manor Farmhouse, on the village High Street, is late 16th century;[4] Berwick House, to the west of the High Street, is early 19th century.[5]
In mediæval times Asserton was a village or hamlet, with its own church or chapel, and in the 14th and 15th centuries it was a separate tithing.[2] In 1557 Asserton manor was granted to James Basset, a courtier to Queen Mary. Asserton House was built in the late 18th century and rebuilt early in the 19th.[6]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of St James is Grade-I listed.[7] Originating in the 12th century and with a 17th-century tower, the building was restored in 1871.
Amenities
The village has a pub, the Boot Inn, which is a 17th-century building.[8][9]
A National School was built north-west of the church in 1856 and was in use until 1936 when a new school was built in Stapleford parish to serve both parishes; this school closed in 1992.[2]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?item=Berwick%20St.%20James. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 15 pp168-177: Berwick St James". University of London. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol15/pp168-177. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1005686: Stapleford Castle
- ↑ National Heritage List 1146246: Manor Farmhouse, Berwick St James
- ↑ National Heritage List 1182524: Berwick House and outbuildings, Berwick St James
- ↑ National Heritage List 1146241: Asserton House
- ↑ National Heritage List 1146243: Church of St James, Berwick St James
- ↑ National Heritage List 1319709: The Boot Inn, Berwick St James
- ↑ "The Boot Inn". http://berwickstjames.org.uk/Historyvillagehouses19.html. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Berwick St James) |
- "Berwick St James community website". http://berwickstjames.org.uk/. Retrieved 19 September 2015.