Bapton

Bapton
Bapton Manor
Bapton Bapton shown within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	ST991381
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Warminster
Postcode district	BA12
Dialling code	01985
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	South West Wiltshire
List of places UK England Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°08′31″N 2°00′50″W / 51.142°N 02.014°W / 51.142; -02.014

Bapton is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England, part of the civil parish of Stockton, previously forming part of Fisherton Delamere. It is south of the A36 and the River Wylye, about 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Warminster.

Bapton, consisting of 1,174 acres, almost all owned as a single estate, was part of Fisherton Delamere from the earliest times until that parish was extinguished in 1934, when Bapton was transferred to Stockton. The estate was owned by Sir Cecil Chubb, the last private owner of Stonehenge, from 1927 until his death. In 1939 his heirs sold the property to Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, who died in 1940.^[1]

References

↑ A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume IV (1959), p. 361

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