- Chilton Foliat
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Coordinates: 51°26′02″N 1°32′20″W / 51.434°N 1.539°W
Chilton Foliat 
St. Mary's parish church
Chilton Foliat
Chilton Foliat shown within WiltshirePopulation 394 (2001 census)[1] OS grid reference SU3270 Parish Chilton Foliat Unitary authority Wiltshire Ceremonial county Wiltshire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Hungerford Postcode district RG17 Dialling code 01488 Police Wiltshire Fire Wiltshire Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament Devizes Website Welcome to www.chiltonfoliat.com List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire 
River Kennet at Chilton Foliat
Chilton Foliat is a village and civil parish on the River Kennet in Wiltshire. The parish is in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is on the county boundary with West Berkshire and is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the Berkshire market town of Hungerford.
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Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary may date from the 12th century.[2] It was restored by Benjamin Ferrey in 1845.[2][3]
Amenities
The village has one public house, The Wheatsheaf.[4] The parish has a Church of England primary school.[5]
Television appearances
The BBC Television programme The Victorian Kitchen Garden was filmed at Chilton Foliat,[6] featuring the head gardener Harry Dodson (1919–2005).
Chilton Foliat is referred to in the HBO series Band of Brothers as the location where Captain Herbert Sobel was sent to train non-combat military support personnel who needed paratrooper training.
See also
References
- ^ "Area selected: Kennet (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d8251a33137b414aacb8d5d1a9029f24bf?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790549. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ^ a b Crowley, 1999, pages 88-109
- ^ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page166
- ^ The Wheatsheaf at Chilton Foliat
- ^ Chilton Foliat CE VA Primary School
- ^ Leapman, Michael (20 September 2005). "Harry Dodson, gardener on 'the Victorian Kitchen Garden'". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-dodson-507520.html.
Sources
- Crowley, D.A. (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Smith, C.; Stevenson, Janet H.; Williamson, E. (1999). A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16: Kinwardstone hundred. Victoria County History. pp. 88–109.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0 14 0710.26 4.
External links
- www.chiltonfoliat.com
- Wiltshire County Council Website page on Chilton Foliat, retrieved 21:00 Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
Position: grid reference SU323703
Categories:- Villages in Wiltshire
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