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Barford St Martin

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479: 50: 494:. It stands on a man-made earth bank above the Nadder water-meadows. The 13th-century chancel is the building's oldest part, although the narrowness of the later nave implies the presence of an earlier building. The nave roof is from the 16th century, and the tower (rebuilt in the 15th) carries evidence of a steeper earlier roof. The north transept was rebuilt in 1841 to provide a vestry, and in the 20th century a vestibule was added at the west entrance. The church was designated as 34: 1485: 57: 235: 555:
in the 15th century, and was altered in the 16th and 17th centuries. Other buildings noted by Pevsner, Cherry and Orbach include the Manor House, across the road from the church, early 19th-century in yellow brick; the former school, West Street, 1853–4; Barford House, Mount Lane, mid 18th-century in
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The Countryside Unit at Dairy Lane is owned by Alabaré Christian Care Centres. The land used to be part of a farm, but now serves as a teaching facility for homeless and other disadvantaged people including those suffering and recovering from mental health illnesses. Skills such as woodworking,
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A group ministry was established for the area in 1979 and today the parish is part of the Nadder Valley benefice, alongside 14 others. At some point the parish was united with neighbouring
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Inside, monuments include a brass in the south transept to Alis Walker (died 1584) which depicts her with her eleven children. 17th-century woodwork in the chancel includes
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Outside the village, a country house was built at Hurdcott in the 1630s, and in the next century the estate came into the Powell family whose descendants included
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Besides the Grade I listed church and village cross, one building is listed at Grade II*: Little Orchard, on Short Lane, which began as a four-bay timber-framed
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There is also a 17th-century pub called The Barford Inn, formerly known as The Green Dragon. The Wiltshire Yeomanry dedicated a tank to this pub during the
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stone for use in buildings has long been quarried near Hurdcott, and the quarry (now operated by Lovell Stone Group) is one of the few remaining sources.
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In 1884, the hamlet of Hurdcott – on the south side of the river upstream of Barford, with population 67 in 1891 – was transferred to Barford parish from
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compiled in 1085–1086. The St Martin suffix, from the dedication of the church, was added by 1304 to distinguish it from Barford manor in
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The village school with its "Feed my lambs" logo was built in 1854 and closed at the end of 2006. Village children now travel to
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of St Martin, in the centre of the village, is a cruciform building with a crossing tower, built mostly in
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acquired 78 acres in 1197, and continued to hold that manor until the Dissolution in 1539.
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chapel was built in 1902 to replace an earlier chapel. By 2012 it was in residential use.
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pebble-dashed brick; and the Old Rectory, Groveley Road, with one 15th-century wing.
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and the B3089. Barford is known as one of the Nadder Valley villages, named for the
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enclosed settlement, on a hilltop in the north of the parish which overlooks the
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Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1995). Crowley, D.A. (ed.).
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Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1959). "Table of population, 1801-1951".
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Prehistoric sites in the parish include the earthworks known as
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settlement, field system and possible hillfort, and a
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arts & crafts, and agriculture are taught there.
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The house was reconstructed in the 1970s. 430:, with nine households, was recorded in the 626:(1856–1942) was born in Barford St Martin. 391:forms the northern section of the parish. 23: 950: 948: 946: 944: 681:"Ebsbury Or Grovely Earthworks (214402)" 56: 1435:"Wilton and Barford CofE Primary School" 1324:. London: Longman & Co. p. 337. 817:. University of London. pp. 315–361 761:. 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Barford St Martin is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
SU056314
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SP3
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Salisbury
Parish Council
UK
England

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