Winterbourne Monkton
| Winterbourne Monkton | |
|---|---|
 The New Inn, Winterbourne Monkton | |
  Winterbourne Monkton Location within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 160 (in 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU100720 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode district | SN4 |
| Dialling code | 01672 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Avebury Stone Circle and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Marlborough.
The eastern boundary of the parish is the ancient trackway known as The Ridgeway.[2]
Local government
Winterbourne Monkton elects a joint parish council with the adjacent parish of Berwick Bassett.[3] It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalen is Grade II listed.[4] The church has 12th-century origins[5] but was rebuilt in 1878 by William Butterfield.
Amenities
A National School was built in 1847 and educated children of all ages until 1949.[6] It became a Church of England primary school which closed in 1971; local children go to Broad Hinton or Lockeridge.
The village pub, the New Inn, closed in 2012.[7] In 2018, the pub reopened under the same name, and also has an attached B&B, named Elderbrook House.
References
- ^ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 24 July 2015. Note ONS raw data encapsulates 'too small to publish all data for reasons of confidentiality of living people' Berwick Bassett in the parish data being here identical to output area E00162634 so no other demographic statistics will be available for a few decades from 2011.
- ^ "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 12 - Parishes: Winterbourne Monkton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Berwick Bassett and Winterbourne Monkton Joint Parish Council". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary Magdalen, Winterbourne Monkton (1033812)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Winterbourne Monkton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Winterbourne Monkton Church of England V.C. School". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Villagers battle to save pub". Gazette and Herald. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
External links
Media related to Winterbourne Monkton at Wikimedia Commons