Longbridge Deverillis a village andcivil parishabout 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south ofWarminsterinWiltshire,England. It is on theA350primary route which connects theM4 motorwayand west Wiltshire withPoole,Dorset.
| Longbridge Deverill | |
|---|---|
 St Peter and St Paul parish church | |
  Longbridge Deverill Location withinWiltshire | |
| Population | 821 (in 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST869409 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Warminster |
| Postcode district | BA12 |
| Dialling code | 01985 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Parish Council |
The parish is in the Deverill valley which carries the upper waters of theRiver Wylye.It includes the small village ofCrockertonand the hamlets ofCrockerton Green,Fox HolesandHill Deverill;these settlements are collectively known as the Lower Deverills (theUpper Deverillsbeing the upstream villages ofBrixton Deverill,Monkton DeverillandKingston Deverill).
An unnamed tributary of the Wylye rises in the northwest of the parish, forms the man-madeShearwaterlake, and flows east through the valley below Crockerton to join the Wylye.[2]
History
editEvidence ofNeolithicactivity includes ahengenear Long Ivor Farm in the northeast of the parish.[3]ABronze Agebell barrowstands on a slope of Rook Hill in the southeast.[4]Iron Agesettlements include a site on high ground at Cow Down in the east of the parish, where there are foundations of a large enclosure.[5]The site was excavated bySonia Chadwick Hawkesbetween 1956 and 1960.[6]
TwoRoman roadscrossed at Kingston Deverill. A short length of north–south road, probably a section of the route from Bath to Poole, survives on Brimsdown Hill and became part of the boundary withMaiden Bradleyparish.[7]
Land at Longbridge and Crockerton belonged toGlastonbury Abbeyfrom the 10th century.[8]Two estates were recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book atDevrel,with altogether 24 households.[9]
The manor house at Hill Deverill dates from the 16th century and is Grade II* listed.[10]The medieval village of Hill Deverill was to the west of the house. Ahollow way,field boundaries and house platforms survive.[11]
In 1655, SirJames Thynneprovided a terrace of three two-storeyalmshousessoutheast of Longbridge Deverill church, built in rubble stone with slate roofs. A wooden clock face projects from the gable facing the main road.[12]
In the 19th century a shortage of employment led to emigration to America, Canada or Australia; 181 people left from Longbridge. Pottery was made at Crockerton from locally dug clay, until the industry declined in the 19th century. Crockerton also had a cloth mill, later a silk mill, which closed in 1894.[8]
Religious sites
editTheChurch of England parish churchofSaints Peter and Paulis partlyNorman:the three-bay north arcade is from the first half of the 12th century, and the font is from the same period.[13]The church was consecrated byThomas Becket.The tower and south arcade were built in the 14th century. There was partial rebuilding in the mid-nineteenth century, with various restorations between 1847 and 1860.[14]
It has memorials to the Thynne family includingJohn Thynne(1515–1580) who builtLongleat House.[15]The tower has eight bells, the oldest dated 1614.[16]Today the church is aGrade II* listedbuilding[14]and forms part of the Cley Hill benefice.[17]
Holy Trinity Church at Crockerton was built in 1843 as achapel of easeat the expense of theDowager Marchioness of Bath,to designs ofWyattandBrandon.The church was declared redundant in 1973 and is in residential use.[18]
There was a stone church at Hill Deverill in the twelfth century, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The church was almost entirely rebuilt in 1842, financed by public subscription. It became redundant and was in residential use by 1985.[19][20]
Education
editThere was aNational Schoolat Longbridge Deverill in the 1840s, and a new building of 1851 accommodated 100 pupils. Owing to falling pupil numbers, the school was closed in March 1970 and pupils transferred to the school atSutton Veny.[21]The building remains in use as the village hall.
A school was built at Crockerton in 1845 at the expense of theMarquess of Bath,with capacity for 95 pupils. From 1930, children aged 11 and over went to the secondary school at Warminster. The school continues as CrockertonC of EPrimary School.[22]
Local government
editThe parish elects aparish council.It falls within the area of theWiltshire Councilunitary authority,which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
The village falls in the Warminster Withoutelectoral ward.This ward starts in the north atUpton Scudamore,avoids Warminster, then stretches south through Longbridge Deverell to end atKingston Deverill.The total population of the ward taken at the2011 censuswas 4,163.[23]
References
edit- ^"Wiltshire Community History - Census".Wiltshire Council.Retrieved28 February2015.
- ^"Wylye (Headwaters)".Environment Agency - Catchment Data Explorer.Retrieved18 March2018.
- ^Historic England."Henge monument 350m north-east of Long Ivor Farm (1010471)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved18 March2018.
- ^Historic England."Bell barrow on Rook Hill (1010470)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved18 March2018.
- ^Historic England."Iron Age settlement on Cow Down (1016676)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved18 March2018.
- ^Hawkes, Sonia Chadwick (1994)."Longbridge Deverill Cow Down, Wiltshire, House 3: A Major Round House of the Early Iron Age".Oxford Journal of Archaeology.13(1): 49–69.doi:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1994.tb00031.x.ISSN0262-5253.
- ^Historic England."Section of Roman road 760m south west of Lower Barn Farm (1016906)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved18 March2018.
- ^ab"Longbridge Deverill".Wiltshire Community History.Wiltshire Council.Retrieved18 March2018.
- ^Hill Deverillin theDomesday Book
- ^Historic England."Manor House, Hill Deverill (1200745)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved28 February2015.
- ^Historic England."Hill Deverill medieval settlement (1017295)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved18 March2018.
- ^Historic England."Sir James Thynne House (1300662)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved5 March2018.
- ^"St Peter and St Paul, Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire".Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture.King's College London.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^abHistoric England."Church of St Peter and St Paul and lych gate (1200661)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^"Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Longbridge Deverill".Wiltshire Community History.Wiltshire Council.Retrieved28 February2015.
- ^"Longbridge Deverill".Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^"Cley Hill Churches".Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^Historic England."Wylye Hall (1300605)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^Historic England."Church of The Assumption and St Mary (1364334)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^"Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Hill Deverill".Wiltshire Community History.Wiltshire Council.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^"Church of England Controlled School, Longbridge Deverill".Wiltshire Community History.Wiltshire Council.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^"Crockerton C. of E. Primary School".Wiltshire Community History.Wiltshire Council.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^"Warminster Without ward 2011".Retrieved17 March2015.
External links
edit- Longbridge Deverill Parish Council
- "Longbridge Deverill".Wiltshire Community History.Wiltshire Council.Retrieved28 February2015.
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