Population 1,414 (in 2011) Unitary authority Country England Dialling code 01666 Post town Malmesbury | OS grid reference SU025907 Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Ceremonial county Wiltshire UK parliament constituency North Wiltshire | |
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Minety is a village in north Wiltshire, England, between Malmesbury - 6 miles (9.7 km) to the west - and Swindon. It takes its name from the water mint plant found growing in ditches around the village, and has previously been known as Myntey. It has a primary school and a successful rugby club.
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Map of Minety, UK
Geography
The village is divided into Upper Minety, with St Leonard's church, and Lower Minety (or simply Minety) which grew after the railway arrived. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Brandier, Lower Moor and the former hamlet of Sawyers Hill, now part of Minety village.
Swill Brook forms part of the northern boundary of the parish and joins the infant River Thames a short distance outside the parish, near Ashton Keynes.
Acres Farm Meadow is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Governance
The civil parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
An electoral ward in the same name exists. The ward starts in the east at Ashton Keynes, stretches through Minety and ends in the west at Crudwell. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,763.
Until the Counties Act of 1844, Minety was in Gloucestershire.
Church
The 15th-century Anglican Church of St Leonard has been Grade I listed since 1959. The church was built in the 15th century and restored in 1896. It consists of a nave, chancel, north aisle, northwest tower and south porch.
Railway
From 1841 the village was served by Minety station (renamed "Minety & Ashton Keynes" in 1905) on the former Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway line from Gloucester to Swindon. Although the line remains open, the station closed in November 1964 and has been demolished.