Redlynch
Coordinates: 50°59′28″N 1°42′47″W / 50.991°N 1.713°W
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 Redlynch
Redlynch shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 3,475 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU2021 |
| Civil parish | Redlynch |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode district | SP5 |
| Dialling code | 01725 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Salisbury |
| Website | Redlynch Parish Council |
| List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire | |
Redlynch is a hamlet and civil parish about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southeast of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Morgan's Vale immediately west of Redlynch, and Lover 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Redlynch. Redlynch was formerly part of the parish of Downton.[2]
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[edit] Parish churches
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary at Lover is a yellow brick building[3] dating from 1837.[2]
The parish church of Saint Birinus at Morgan's Vale was built as a chapel of ease for Downton in 1894-96.[2] It is a red brick Gothic Revival building with stone dressings[2] and Perpendicular Gothic style windows.[3] It was designed by the Gothic Revival architect C.E. Ponting[2] of Marlborough in the style of his architectural contemporary W.D. Caroe.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Area selected: Salisbury (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790551. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Crowley, 1980, pages 19-77
- ^ a b c Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 381
[edit] Sources
- Crowley, D.A. (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1980). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 11: South-west Wiltshire: Downton hundred, Elstub and Everleigh hundred. pp. 19–77.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 381.
[edit] External links
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