Sandridge, Wiltshire

Sandridge
Former Church of England School
Sandridge  Sandridge shown within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	ST9364
Civil parish	Melksham Without
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Melksham
Postcode district	SN12
Post town	Chippenham
Postcode district	SN15
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°23′N 2°06′W / 51.38°N 02.10°W

Sandridge is a dispersed rural community to the east of Melksham, Wiltshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Melksham Without.

An Ordnance Survey map of 1961 names a settlement at Sandridge Hill, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Melksham, and a hamlet of Sandridge, 0.25 miles (0.4 km) to the north;^[1] as of 2015 these names are no longer in gazetteers and Sandridge refers to a wider area along the A3102, with Sandridge Common identified on road signs near Melksham.

A National School was built in 1873 at Sandridge Common, and educated children of all ages until 1953;^[2] around that time it became known as Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School. In 2015, to cater for the eastward expansion of Melksham, the school moved to a new building on the outskirts of the town.^[3]

References

1. "Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain, sheet ST96". National Library of Scotland. 1961. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. "Forest & Sandridge C. of E. Primary School". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
3. Yilmaz, Tanya (23 September 2015). "Top marks as new Melksham school opens its doors". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

External links

• "Melksham Without". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
• "Sandridge". Melksham Without Parish Council. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

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