East Knoyle
| East Knoyle | |
 Looking north towards the Fox and Hounds pub |
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  East Knoyle |
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| Population | 681 (in 2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | ST881305 |
| Civil parish | East Knoyle |
| 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 |
| Website | http://www.eastknoyle.org.uk/ |
Coordinates: 51°04′26″N 2°10′16″W / 51.074°N 2.171°W
East Knoyle is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The parish lies on the A350 road about nine miles south of Warminster, fifteen miles west of Salisbury, and two miles south west of Hindon, at grid reference ST880305. It is the birthplace of Sir Christopher Wren.
The civil parish includes the hamlet of Milton, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of East Knoyle.
History
East Knoyle was part of the ancient Hundred of Downton.
Unusually for England, parish registers survive from 1538 and are kept in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.[2]
John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) notes two tythings in East Knoyle: Milton and Upton.[3]
East Knoyle's population has risen and fallen in recent centuries, with a period of growth in the 19th century. In 1801 the population was 853, and by 1831 it had reached 1028, but in 1901 it was down again to 814. In 1951, the population was still at 821, but by 1971 it was only 699.[2][4]
In 1885 the southern part of the former parish of Pertwood was added to East Knoyle.
The Church of St Mary is Grade I listed.[5][6]
Clouds House, a listed building near the village, was designed in the 19th century by the architect Philip Webb for Percy Wyndham and is one of Webb's grandest designs. It is now occupied by the Action on Addiction charity as a treatment centre for drug and alcohol dependence.[7]
Governance
East Knoyle elects a consultative parish council, while Wiltshire Council have their offices in Trowbridge. The village is represented in Parliament by the member for South West Wiltshire, Andrew Murrison.
The village falls in the 'Nadder and East Knoyle' electoral ward. The ward stretches east-west starting at Burcombe Without and crossing to East Knoyle before stretching south to Donhead St Mary. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,257.[8]
People
The architect Sir Christopher Wren was born at East Knoyle on 20 October 1632.[9]
The author Joan Wyndham (1921–2007) was also born in the village.
Further reading
- Anthony Claydon, The Nature of Knoyle: East Knoyle, the people and the place (Hobnob Press, East Knoyle, 2002, 208 pp., ISBN 0-946418-13-6)
References
- ↑ "East Knoyle Census Information". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- 1 2 East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England at genuki.org.uk
- ↑ Descriptive gazetteer entries for East Knoyle at visionofbritain.org.uk
- ↑ A vision of East Knoyle AP/CP at visionofbritain.org.uk
- ↑ "List entry - Church of St Mary, East Knoyle". English Heritage. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "The Benefice of St Bartholomew". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Clouds House at actiononaddiction.org.uk
- ↑ "Nadder and East Knoyle ward 2011.Retrieved 14 March 2015".
- ↑ 'Wren, Sir Christopher', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004)
- East Knoyle at Google Maps
See also
External links
Media related to East Knoyle at Wikimedia Commons