Bradenstoke
| Bradenstoke | |
 Bradenstoke village street |
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  Bradenstoke |
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| OS grid reference | SU002795 |
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| Civil parish | Lyneham and Bradenstoke |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Shire county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| Website | Parish Council |
Coordinates: 51°30′50″N 1°59′56″W / 51.514°N 01.999°W
Bradenstoke is a village in Wiltshire, England situated to the north of the former RAF Lyneham airbase and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Lyneham.
Originally lying within Braydon Forest, the "stoke" means "settlement".[1]
Largely consisting of a long and narrow main street, the village has a church, two chapels and a pub. At the end of the village is a children's park, and past that a fenced-in dog park.
Local government
The civil parish elects a parish council called Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish Council.[2] The parish is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
In the 19th century and part of the 20th, the village and ecclesiastical parish were called Bradenstoke cum Clack.[3]
Priory
The former Bradenstoke Priory was founded in 1142 by Walter D’Evereaux, sheriff of Wiltshire, for the Augustinians. Having fallen into disrepair after the Dissolution of the monasteries, it was dismantled in 1930 to provide parts of a renovation of St Donat's Castle, Wales, which had been bought by William Randolph Hearst, although most of it, including the roof, was unused and its whereabouts are now unknown.[4]
Clack Mount
Close to the priory are earthworks known as Clack Mount ("clack" meaning "hill").[5] The moated site was probably fishponds for the priory; its earlier history is uncertain.[6]
Sources
- Mee, Arthur (1939). The King's England: Wiltshire. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-00107-0.
References
- ↑ "Lyneham parish". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "Parish Council". Lyneham & Bradenstoke parish. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "Question: Clack". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ Aslet, Clive (2012). The Edwardian Country House. London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-3339-3.
- ↑ "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 9, pp90-104 - Parishes: Lyneham". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "Clack Mount (212263)". PastScape. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
External links
Media related to Bradenstoke at Wikimedia Commons