West Knoyle
| West Knoyle | |
| Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
 Telephone box, West Knoyle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST858325 |
| Location: | 51°5’31"N, 2°12’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 146 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Warminster |
| Postcode: | BA12 |
| Dialling code: | 01747 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wiltshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South West Wiltshire |
| Website: | West Knoyle |
West Knoyle is a small village and parish in south-west Wiltshire, close to the southern edge of Salisbury Plain. The village is eight miles south of Warminster and about 2½ miles east of Mere in the Mere Hundred. The A303 trunk road passes about ¾ mile north of the village. The parish was formerly named Knoyle Hodierne, after Hodierna of St Albans, wet nurse of Richard I, who had an estate at Chippenham.[2]
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin is Grade II* listed.[3] It has 13th-century origins and was restored in 1876-78.
The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath passes through the village. Hang Wood, to the south-east, is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
References
- ↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?item=West%20Knoyle. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene. Rolls Series. William Stubbs (ed.). London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. p. xviii.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1199597: Church of St Mary the Virgin, West Knoyle
Outside links
- "West Knoyle village site". http://www.westknoyle.co.uk/. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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