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Manor House, southeast of the church, is a wing of a 15th-century house, built in limestone. After alterations and extensions in the 16th and 18th centuries the house is mostly timber-framed under a thatched roof; nearby is a barn, late 18th century or early 19th, of similar construction. Church
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The population of the parish peaked at 470 in 1841, and has remained below 300 since 1921. A gazetteer of 1872 mentioned that there was then a post-office, an iron foundry and an agricultural implement factory in the village, and that the church ran a
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had a keeper's house and an associated wharf. The canal was restored in the 1970s and the lock was reopened in 1973. In 1988 the lock was part of the location for a BBC television comedy series,
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The former rectory house, opposite the start of the lane leading to the church, is an imposing redbrick building of the mid 18th century, with a five-bay front, two storeys and an attic.
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Most of the village was designated a conservation area in 1975 and contains some 25 buildings dating from before 1800. Remaining amenities include a village hall and a
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stands towards the south of the village, and is built in flint and sarsen with limestone dressings. The mid 14th century building was thoroughly restored in 1861 by
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Farmhouse, on the village street just north of the church, began as a timber-framed house in the 17th century and was rebuilt with a tile-hung upper storey.
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The roads in the parish are all minor. Pewsey can be reached via the B3087, to the south of the parish, and Marlborough via the
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Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, J.; Smith, C.; Stevenson, J. H.; Williamson, E. (1999). "Wootton Rivers". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.).
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chapel was opened at the north end of the village in 1881 and closed in 1967; the building is now a private house.
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in the 14th century, but today the edge of the forest is just beyond the northeast corner of the parish.
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was built close to the southern end of Wootton Rivers village around 1807 and was opened fully in 1810.
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The tithing of Brimslade, to the east, was transferred to the parish from
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was built to the south of the canal in 1862; the nearest station is
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in 1086, with 69 households, two churches, and land held by
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lies on high ground in the northeast of the parish.
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Wootton Rivers is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
SU197631
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SN8
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
East Wiltshire
Parish Council
UK
England

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