Baverstock
Coordinates: 51°04′58″N 1°57′41″W / 51.0828°N 1.9614°W
Baverstock is a small village in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Salisbury. The village has 10 private dwellings, a parish church and several farm buildings. The parish of Baverstock contains the manor of Hurdcott, a hamlet of a few houses to the south east of the village. Baverstock is bounded by Barford St Martin to the east, Dinton to the west, Compton Chamberlayne to the south and Steeple Langford to the north. There is a former school building, now a private residence.
To the north the village has cultivated chalk downland and extensive mixed woodland. To the south the village is bordered by the River Nadder meandering through water meadows. The road through the village from the B3089 terminates in unmetalled farm track.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Edith is dedicated to the Wiltshire saint Edith of Wilton and is situated on the brow of a slope facing south across the Nadder Valley. It has a ring of three bells, two of which date from the 15th century.[1] The churchyard contains, among others, the graves of 32 Australian soldiers from World War I. Soldiers were encamped locally before being transported to the war theatre in France. The majority died from infectious illness.
Close to the B3089 is the Penruddocke Arms, a public house named for the Penruddocke family who lived in neighbouring Compton Chamberlayne during the 18th and 19th centuries.
For the purposes of local government, Baverstock is part of Dinton civil parish.
The village contains Baverstock Juniper Bank, a 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at grid reference SU035336.
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