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The Manor House was once a holding area for the prisoners during the Bloody Assizes with trials held by Judge Jeffreys in 1685. It was connected to a public house nearby, known as "The Crown", by a tunnel where prisoners would be led to and from the court house and manor. The tunnel is now blocked up
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The present 21,265 sq ft (1,975.6 m) Everleigh Manor was built in the 18th century, possibly on the site of the earlier house, and extended with east and west wings later in the century. In 1882 the central block was virtually reconstructed following a fire. It is a two-storey
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until the middle of the next century. Sir Francis made changes to the village layout around 1811, removing buildings which stood close to the manor house and diverting the road away from it. Those demolished included the old church (rebuilt by Sir Francis further west) and the
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and racehorse training. East Everleigh developed at a crossroads where the old Marlborough-Salisbury road (now only a track in the south of the parish) met the Devizes-Andover road (now the A342). In the 18th and 19th centuries, several inns provided refreshment and lodging.
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for 1598 to 1971 (baptisms), 1598-1974 (marriages), and 1598-1984 (burials). The population in 1831 was 352, but by 1951 it had fallen to 264.
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was consecrated on a site about 0.5 miles (800 m) northwest of it. The present church was designed by the architect John Morlidge in a
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The Army left the site c. 1990 and the house returned to use as a private residence. As of 2016, the west wing is operated as a hotel.
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in 1765, and inherited in 1771 by his cousin Francis Dugdale Astley; it continued as the seat of the
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1:25,000 map of 1958 shows many small buildings in the grounds to the northwest of the manor house.
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Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1980). Crowley, D.A. (ed.).
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long-distance footpath passes through Everleigh village in a southwest–northeast direction.
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on either end of both the manor and public house, but the tunnel still exists to this day.
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Everleigh had a parish church by 1228, when it was granted to the
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in brick and stone, originally five bays, extended to nine.
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which lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) further west on the
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Laboratory, and by this time the site was used by the
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The partly-forested area was known for recreational
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East Everleigh
Everly (disambiguation)

Everleigh is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
SU204538
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Marlborough
Postcode district
SN8
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
East Wiltshire

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