Winterbourne Monkton
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| Winterbourne Monkton | |
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 Winterbourne Monkton
Winterbourne Monkton shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 160 (in 2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU100720 |
| Civil parish | Winterbourne Monkton |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode district | SN4 |
| Dialling code | 01672 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Devizes |
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Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Avebury Stone Circle and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Marlborough.
The eastern boundary of the parish is the ancient trackway known as The Ridgeway.[2]
Local government
Winterbourne Monkton elects a joint parish council with the adjacent parish of Berwick Bassett.[3] It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
Parish church
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The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalen is Grade II listed.[4] The church has 12th-century origins[5] but was rebuilt in 1878 by William Butterfield.
Amenities
A National School was built in 1847 and educated children of all ages until 1949.[6] It became a Church of England primary school which closed in 1971; local children go to Broad Hinton or Lockeridge.
The village had a pub, the New Inn, which closed in 2012.[7]
References
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External links
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