Fonthill Bishop
| Fonthill Bishop | |
  Fonthill Bishop |
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| Population | 93 (in 2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU935330 |
| Civil parish | Fonthill Bishop |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode district | SP3 |
| Dialling code | 01747 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | South West Wiltshire |
Coordinates: 51°05′46″N 2°05′38″W / 51.096°N 2.0940°W
Fonthill Bishop is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) south of Warminster.
The first tier of local government is a Parish meeting.[2] The parish is within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for almost all significant local government functions.
All Saints' Church is a Grade I listed[3] Early English 13th-century church with a crossing tower, restored by Thomas Henry Wyatt in 1879. The tower has bell-openings.
Fonthill Bishop shares a village school, the Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School, which is in neighbouring Chilmark.
Fonthill House is the family seat of the Margadale baronry.
The village is near the head of Fonthill Lake. Next to the lake (but outside Fontwell Bishop parish) is the Fonthill Grottoes biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The village is close to Fonthill Gifford, where William Thomas Beckford built Fonthill Abbey. The estate now belongs to Lord Margadale.
References
- ↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Fonthill Bishop". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 2 February 2015. Note ONS raw data encapsulates 'too small to publish all data for reasons of confidentiality of living people' Berwick St Leonard in the parish data being here identical to output area E00163228 so no other demographic statistics will be available for a few decades from 2011
- ↑ "List entry - Church of All Saints, Fonthill Bishop". English Heritage. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
External links
Media related to Fonthill Bishop at Wikimedia Commons