- Stockton, Wiltshire
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Stockton is a small village in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, England (grid reference ST985385).
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Location and extent
The village is close to Codford, south of the A36 road, between the town of Warminster and the city of Salisbury.
When the civil parish of Fisherton Delamere was extinguished in 1934, the Bapton part of it, consisting of 1,174 acres, was transferred to Stockton.[1] Apart from Bapton, which includes one house (Fisherton Mill) in the village of Fisherton Delamere, Stockton has two cottages some three miles from the main village street at a remote spot called Great Bottom.
Church
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View of church from main gate
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View of south-east corner of church
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View of north-east corner of church
St John the Baptist's Church, Stockton, is largely unrestored and in the south aisle has an early 14th-century stone effigy of a lady, believed to be the foundress of the chantry for which this aisle was built. In the north aisle is a canopied tomb of John and Mary Topp. Parts of the building date from the late 12th-century.
Pub
Stockton has one pub, The Carriers, in the main village street.
Schools
Stockton shares The Wylye Valley Church of England Primary School, on a site some two miles away at Cherry Orchard in nearby Codford, with several other villages. The nearest secondary schools are at Warminster and Salisbury and include Warminster School.
Local government
Most local government services are provided by Wiltshire Council, which has its offices in Trowbridge, some fifteen miles to the north. Stockton also has its own elected parish council of five members.
The village is represented in Parliament by the member of parliament for Westbury, Andrew Murrison, and in Wiltshire Council by Christopher Newbury.
Population
The number of residents has dwindled from 307 at the census of 1841 to 187 in the year 2001.
Notable houses
Stockton House, a country house in Chilmark stone at the north end of the village, was built by John Topp, a local clothier, around 1603. Most of its Jacobean features have survived.
Longhall, another country house at the south end of the village, is the seat of the Yeatman-Biggs family.
The village also has several thatched cottages, some with 15th and 16th century origins.
Notable people
- John Terry, rector (1590-1625) and author
- William Creed, rector (1660-1663)
- Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs, bishop and landowner
References
- (Google Maps)
- Historic map of Stockton at Francis Frith
- Stockton, Wiltshire at ukvillages.co.uk
- Stockton, Wiltshire, Census information
- ^ A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume IV (1959), p. 361
External links
Categories:- Wiltshire geography stubs
- Villages in Wiltshire
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