Tytherington, Wiltshire
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 The grade II listed dovecote |
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| Population | 40 |
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| OS grid reference | ST916412 |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Warminster |
| Postcode district | BA12 |
| Dialling code | 01985 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | South West Wiltshire |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 51°10′12″N 2°07′19″W / 51.170°N 2.122°W
Tytherington is a small village in Wiltshire, in the south west of England. It is situated near the A36, near Warminster, and by the River Wylye. Most of it is now part of the civil parish of Heytesbury, Imber and Knook, but a few houses are within the parish of Sutton Veny. Marked only on large-scale maps, it lies to the west of Sutton Veny and to the south of Heytesbury.
John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) said of Tytherington:
TYTHERINGTON, a parish in Warminster district, Wilts; 1 mile S by W of Heytesbury r. station. Post town, Warminster. Acres, 1,650. Real property, £1,137. Pop., 111. Houses, 23. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported - Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury.[1]
The small Anglican Church of St James is Grade II* listed. [2][3]
Tytherington Down is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
References
- ↑ Tytherington at visionofbritain.org.uk
- ↑ "List entry - Church of St James, Tytherington, Heytesbury". English Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ "Church of St. James, Tytherington, Heytesbury". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
External links
- Heytesbury parish at Wiltshire Community History
- Parish of Heytesbury, Imber, Knook and Tytherington
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