Shorncote

All Saints' Church, Shorncote

Shorncote is an ancient parish in Wiltshire, adjacent to the border with Gloucestershire. It forms part of the Highworth, Cricklade and Staple hundred. The parish is situated six miles north-west of Cricklade and three miles south of Cirencester in neighbouring Gloucestershire. The parish is only 526 acres in extent and there is no village; it was incorporated into the adjacent civil parish of Somerford Keynes in 1894.

The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, dates from the 12th century. It is a Grade-II* listed building in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

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• Location map: 51°40’12"N, 1°57’43"W