Baydon
Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 1°35′53″W / 51.500°N 1.598°W
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 St. Nicholas' parish church |
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 Baydon
Baydon shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 525 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU2878 |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Marlborough |
| Postcode district | SN8 |
| Dialling code | 01672 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Devizes |
| Website | Baydon Wiltshire, England |
| List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire | |
Baydon is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England about 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Swindon. The eastern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with Berkshire and the village is about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of the West Berkshire market town of Hungerford.
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[edit] History
Baydon is close to the Ridgeway, a pre-Roman road. Baydon is on the course of Ermin Street, a Roman Road between Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester).
The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas has a Norman nave and two-bay north arcade.[2] The south aisle and northern clerestory are Early English Gothic.[2] The north aisle was rebuilt in 1857-58 by the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street.[2] The south clerestory is Perpendicular Gothic.[2]
Sir Isaac Newton bought an estate in Baydon which he settled on three of his grand-nephews and nieces days before his death in 1727.[3] He later admitted that he had overpaid for it.
The M4 motorway which passes just north of the village was opened on 22 December 1971.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Area selected: Kennet (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d8251a33137b414aacb8d5d1a9029f24bf?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790549. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 105
- ^ Brewster, 1855, page 397
[edit] Sources and further reading
- Brewster, David (1855). Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton. 2. Edinburgh: Thomas Constable & Co.. p. 397. http://books.google.co.uk/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=LCCN04033757&id=d1cLlLfr7HcC&dq=isaac+newton+baydon&lpg=PA397&pg=PA397.
- Crowley, D.A. (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1983). A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 12: Ramsbury and Selkey hundreds; the Borough of Marlborough. Victoria County History. pp. 52–61.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 105. ISBN 0 14 0710.26 4.
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- grid reference SU280780
- Baydon Cricket Club
- Wiltshire County Council Website page on Baydon, retrieved 15:30 Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
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