Population 734 (in 2011) Civil parish Sutton Veny Dialling code 01985 | OS grid reference ST898422 Unitary authority | |
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Sutton Veny is a village and civil parish situated in the Wylye Valley, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. 'Sutton' means 'south farmstead' in relation to Norton Bavant, one mile (1.6 km) to the north. 'Veny' may be a French family name or may describe the village's fenny situation.
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- St leonards church sutton veny wiltshire history channel 3gp
- Map of Sutton Veny Warminster UK
- A trip round sutton veny
- Governance
- Amenities
- Notable residents
- Notable buildings
- References
Map of Sutton Veny, Warminster, UK
The parish includes part of the village of Tytherington. In 1885 when the small parish of Pertwood was extinguished, its northern section was transferred to Sutton Veney.
A trip round sutton veny
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.
The village is represented in parliament by Andrew Murrison and in Wiltshire Council by Fleur de Rhé-Philipe, both Conservatives.
Amenities
Sutton Veny and the small settlements around it are served by Sutton Veny C of E Primary School. The school was built in 1872, to a design by J. L. Pearson, and catered for all ages until 1931, when children over eleven were transferred to Warminster.
The village hall is next to the school. The village has a pub, the Woolpack.
The home ground of the Heytesbury and Sutton Veny Cricket Club is in Sutton Veny.
Notable residents
Notable buildings
The Old Manor House, built in the 14th century and later used as a rectory, is Grade II* listed.
St Leonard's Church was built in the 12th century. Subsidence caused this church to be abandoned and replaced in 1866-68 by a church dedicated to St John the Evangelist on higher ground 700 yards (640 m) to the northwest. Only the chancel of the old church remains in usable condition; it served for a time as a mortuary chapel. St Leonard's is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St John's church was designed by J.J. Pearson and is Grade I listed. It has an Australian War Graves cemetery, where 127 men of the Australian Military Forces were buried during the First World War, most dying in local hospitals of disease or from wounds. Among the graves is the burial place of Matron Jean Nellie Miles Walker, the only Tasmanian nurse to die on active duty during that war.