Conkwell

Conkwell

Conkwell Conkwell shown within Wiltshire
Population	35
OS grid reference	ST792626
Civil parish	Winsley
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bradford on Avon
Postcode district	BA15
Dialling code	01225
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Chippenham
List of places UK England Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°21′43″N 2°18′00″W / 51.362°N 2.300°W / 51.362; -2.300

Conkwell is a hamlet in Winsley parish, Wiltshire, England, near the county border of North East Somerset. It is about 2.3 miles (3.7 km) west of Bradford on Avon and 3 miles (5 km) southeast of the city of Bath. The settlement was established to house the workers in the local stone quarries.

There used to be a small chapel serving the community, which has been incorporated into one of the dwellings.

At the end of the Dundas Aqueduct on the Kennet and Avon Canal a wharf was constructed serving the Conkwell stone quarries.^[1]

References

↑ Halse, Roger; Simon Castens (2000). The Somersetshire Coal Canal: A Pictorial Journey. Bath: Millstream Books. ISBN 0-948975-58-X.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conkwell.

"Winsley". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
Conkwell at Streetmap.co.uk

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