Winterbourne Monkton

Not to be confused with the similarly named village of Winterborne Monkton in Dorset.

Winterbourne Monkton
The New Inn, Winterbourne Monkton
Winterbourne Monkton is located in Wiltshire
Winterbourne Monkton
Winterbourne Monkton
Location within Wiltshire
Population160 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSU100720
Civil parish
  • Winterbourne Monkton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSwindon
Postcode districtSN4
Dialling code01672
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°26′49″N 1°51′25″W / 51.447°N 1.857°W / 51.447; -1.857

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 village lies immediately west of the A4361 road between Swindon and Devizes.

History

The large Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Windmill Hill, in the southeast towards Avebury, is partly in the parish.[2] The eastern boundary of the parish is the ancient trackway known as The Ridgeway.[3]

Domesday Book in 1086 recorded a settlement at Wintreborne with 32 households, and land held by Glastonbury Abbey.[4]

The name Winterbourne (first evidenced in 869)[3] refers to the Kennet, which at this point is seasonal. The Monkton suffix reflects the Glastonbury estate,[3] to distinguish the parish and village from other Winterbournes in Wiltshire, including Winterbourne Bassett which is close by to the north.

After the dissolution of Glastonbury, the manor was granted to Edward Seymour, later Duke of Somerset, who soon sold it. Sir James Harvey, later Lord Mayor of London, bought the manor in 1577. In 1621 it was inherited through marriage by John Popham MP of Littlecote House, who was succeeded by his brother Alexander (died 1669, also an MP). The manor continued in the Popham family until c.1899, and was sold as four farms in 1917.[3]

Local government

Winterbourne Monkton elects a joint parish council with the adjacent parish of Berwick Bassett.[5] It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council, a unitary authority which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Parish church

Main article: Church of St Mary Magdalene, Winterbourne Monkton

The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalen is Grade II listed.[6] The church has 12th-century origins[7] but was rebuilt in 1878 by William Butterfield.

Amenities

A National School was built in 1847 and educated children of all ages until 1949.[8] 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.[9] In 2018, the pub reopened under the same name, and also has an attached B&B, named Elderbrook House.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Historic England. "A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill (1008446)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1983). "Parishes: Winterbourne Monkton". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 12. University of London. pp. 192–198. Retrieved 20 February 2021 – via British History Online.
  4. ^ Winterbourne Monkton in the Domesday Book
  5. ^ "Berwick Bassett and Winterbourne Monkton Joint Parish Council". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary Magdalen, Winterbourne Monkton (1033812)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Winterbourne Monkton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Winterbourne Monkton Church of England V.C. School". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Villagers battle to save pub". Gazette and Herald. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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