Population 106 (in 2011) Civil parish Alvediston Region South West Local time Monday 10:35 AM Ceremonial county Wiltshire UK parliament constituency South West Wiltshire | OS grid reference ST976236 Unitary authority Country England Dialling code 01722 Post town Salisbury | |
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Alvediston is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Shaftesbury and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Salisbury. The area is the source of the River Ebble and is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Contents
- Alvediston elcombe hollow orpa n s
- Map of Alvediston Salisbury UK
- Alvediston trow hollow orpa n s
- History
- Local government
- Religious sites
- Notable buildings
- Amenities
- References
Map of Alvediston, Salisbury, UK
Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957 and won the 1955 general election for the Conservatives, lived at Alvediston Manor from 1966 until his death in 1977. He was buried in St Mary's churchyard.
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History
Prehistoric sites in the parish include three Bronze Age bowl barrows on Trow Down and a field system from the same era at Elcombe Down.
Much of the land was granted to the nuns of Wilton Abbey in 955. Fragmentary records from Saxon times indicate that the Ebble valley was a thriving area. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded the division of the Chalke Valley into eight manors: Chelke (Chalke), Eblesborne (Ebbesbourne Wake), Fifehide (Fifield Bavant), Cumbe (Coombe Bissett), Humitone (Homington), Odestoche (Odstock), Stradford (Stratford Tony) and Trow. Alvediston emerged in 1156 as Alfweiteston, formed from the western part of Ebbesbourne Wake and the small manor of Trow. The manor passed to the Crown at the Dissolution, then in 1541 to Sir William Herbert who became Earl of Pembroke. Alvediston manor remained with the Pembrokes until 1918 when it was sold as two farms, Church Farm and Elcombe Farm.
Norrington manor was recorded as held from the king in 1210-1212. It was owned by the Gawen family from 1377 to 1658 and then by the Wyndham family until 1952.
Local government
The civil parish is governed by a parish meeting, a form of governance applied to parishes with small populations. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
Religious sites
The Church of England parish church of St Mary is Grade II* listed. It was rebuilt in 1866 by T.H. Wyatt using elements from an earlier church dating back to the 12th century.
A Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1894 and closed sometime before 1951. As of 2006 the building was standing but unused.
Notable buildings
The Crown Inn (built as a pair of cottages in the mid-17th century) and the Manor House (mid-18th) are Grade II listed.
The manor house at Norrington is from the 14th century and is Grade I listed.
Amenities
Alvediston has a pub, the Crown Inn. The parish has no school; a small National School was built in 1872 and closed in 1922.