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Yatton Keynell

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31: 47: 539: 346: 1409: 54: 435:; there were three estates, one of them having a mill, and the combined population was 16 households. Its name went through several variations, and the "Keynell" appears to have been added in the 13th century after Henry Caynell, who had a landholding in 1242. At about this time, the family gave a tract of land to 216: 623:
A school was built in 1858–9 at the south end of the village, paid for by subscriptions organised by the vicar. It had a schoolteacher's house facing the road with schoolrooms attached behind, all in local stone. By 1878, attendance had risen to 83. Children of all ages attended until 1945, when
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The village pub, "The Bell", takes its name from being opposite the church and dates from the 17th century. In 1764, deeds show its name as "The Old Inn" and mention outhouses, stables, a brew house, garden and orchard, remains of which are still visible. The adjacent road, now the B4039 to
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The economy of the parish was historically agricultural although it is now more of a residential area for surrounding towns; its population in the first census of 1801 was 353 and by 2001 reached 745, rising further to 825 at the 2011 census. Yatton Keynell village is surrounded by a
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The former rectory, on the other side of the main road, has origins in the 17th and 18th centuries and was altered and extended in the early 19th. In 2017 the five-bedroom house was offered for sale at £1.1 million.
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Numbers had fallen to 27 in 1986 but then increased, reaching 52 in 1995 – still using the Victorian building, supplemented by a mobile classroom and the village hall. A new larger building, By Brook Valley
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Primary School, opened in 1998 on the other side of the road; as well as replacing the village school, this also enabled the closure of the small schools at
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For Westminster elections, the parish is within the South Cotswolds constituency, where it has been represented since 2024 by
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than of Wiltshire. The village and the western part of the parish lie within the southern tongue of the Cotswolds
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The first tier of local government is the parish council. Most local government functions are carried out by
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made national news in 2003 following a campaign by residents to get it officially recognised on maps.
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in 1868. The work included re-roofing and the addition of the vestry. The church was designated as
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to be exceptional. There are four bells: three cast in the 17th century and one in 1887 (by
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in 1595. The family owned the Manor House in West Yatton Lane from the late 17th century.
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The parish is part of the Bybrook grouping, alongside seven other rural parishes.
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those aged 11 and over were transferred to the secondary school at Chippenham.
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The limestone grassland found in the parish is more characteristic of the
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owned land in Yatton Keynell and sold it to invest in the ship
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There is a village hall, a doctors' surgery and a shop with a
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garden has a cast-iron plaque showing the distance to
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Yatton Keynell is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
ST867764
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SN14
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
South Cotswolds
Community
UK
England
Wiltshire

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