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The Wiltshire Light Aeroplane and County Club opened in 1931 at High Post Aerodrome, southeast of Great Durnford. By 1936 the Wiltshire School of Flying was here, using a grass landing area expanded to 110 acres (45 ha), with workshops for aircraft maintenance and a hotel and offices building on
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of St Andrew, at Great Durnford, was built in the 12th century. Pevsner described it as "a Norman church, remarkably spacious and remarkably rich in furnishings". The north and south doorways are Norman, indicating that the width of the nave has not changed since that time. The chancel and tower are
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as "a splendid mid C18 room with a proud chimneypiece and wall panels of tapestry framed in plaster". There was probably a medieval village at Little Durnford, beside the river, but this had disappeared by the 18th century after parkland was created for the manor house.
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opened in 1844 at Netton, by the turning for High Post, and was rebuilt in 1872. Attendance declined in the 20th century and the school closed in 1975. There was a small 19th-century school at Great Durnford, near the entrance to the Manor House.
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in 1947. The southern section of the airfield reverted to farmland while the northern part continues in light industrial use. The hotel was replaced by a larger building which (as of 2016) trades as the Stones Hotel.
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aircraft built in and around Salisbury, after the destruction of factories in the Southampton area. Records list approximately 495 Spitfires assembled at High Post in 1941–43. In the spring of 1944, High Post became
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from the 13th century, while the windows are 15th and 16th. Inside are wall paintings, a 12th-century font, a pulpit of 1619, and pews from the 15th or 16th centuries.
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bell from the 14th century and four 17th-century bells. The church was designated as Grade I listed in 1958. In 1974 the parish was united with St Michael's at
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chapel was built in 1895 at Netton, next to the school, replacing a nearby meeting house certified in 1812. The chapel closed sometime between 1974 and 1988.
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of 1086 recorded 71 households at Durnford and a small settlement at Netton. The ancient parish of Durnford included
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The Manor House at Great Durnford was built in brick in the 18th century, then acquired in 1904 by the politician
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World Heritage Site, and Great Durnford lies some 2.7 miles (4.3 km) southeast of the Stonehenge monument.
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Salisbury-Amesbury road. The parish church and Little Durnford Manor are Grade I listed. The main settlement is
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National Cycle Route 45 passes through Salterton and Netton on its Salisbury-Amesbury section. The
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long-distance footpath also takes a south–north route, passing through Great Durnford, while the
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crosses the river from Lower Woodford to Salterton and proceeds over Salterton Down.
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was built in the late 17th century and remodelled c. 1720-1740. The house is
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Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1987). Crowley, D.A. (ed.).
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and the School of Flying, which had reopened in 1946, moved to
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High Post closed in 1947 because it lay under the approach to
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Evidence of prehistoric activity in the area includes two
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Wiltshire Council – Wiltshire Community History: Durnford
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Index

The Salterton Trilogy
Budleigh Salterton
Woodbury Salterton

Durnford is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
SU135380
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Salisbury
Postcode district
SP4
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament

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