Fyfield, Wiltshire

This article is about the village on the A4 between Marlborough and Avebury. For the hamlet near Pewsey, also in Wiltshire, see Fyfield (Pewsey). For Fifield, Wiltshire, see Enford.

Fyfield
St Nicholas' Church, Fyfield
Fyfield Fyfield shown within Wiltshire
Population	195 (in 2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	SU148687
Civil parish	Fyfield
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Marlborough
Postcode district	SN8
Dialling code	01264
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Devizes
Website	Fyfield, Lockeridge and West Overton villages
List of places UK England Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°25′01″N 1°47′20″W / 51.417°N 1.789°W / 51.417; -1.789

Fyfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, in the Kennet Valley about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Marlborough. The village is on the A4 road which was historically the main route from London to the west of England.

Governance

The parish elects a joint parish council with the adjacent parish of West Overton; the council is named Fyfield and West Overton. It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Before the 19th century, Fyfield was a chapelry of Overton parish, alongside the tithings of East Overton, Lockeridge, Shaw, and West Overton. The tithings became a poor law parish called West Overton while Fyfield relieved its own poor; this probably led the Census enumerators of 1841 to class Fyfield, with its medieval chapel, incorrectly as an ancient parish, which in turn led to its establishment as a civil parish.^[2]

Landmarks

North of the A4, the parish extends onto the Marlborough Downs. Here Fyfield Down is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its sarsen stones and prehistoric sites including The Devil's Den, the remains of a neolithic burial chamber.

Church

The Anglican Church of St Nicholas is Grade II* listed.^[3] It has 13th-century origins and a 15th-century tower; it was restored in 1849.

References

↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
↑ "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 11 pp181-203 - Parishes: Overton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
↑ Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas, Fyfield (1182200)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

Map 'Explorer 157', published by the Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0-319-21782-5, revised 1997.

External links

Media related to Fyfield, Wiltshire at Wikimedia Commons

"Fyfield". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
"Fyfield, Lockeridge and West Overton Villages". Retrieved 21 June 2015.

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