Great Cheverell
| Great Cheverell | |
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  Great Cheverell |
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| Population | 987 (in 2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | ST982543 |
| Civil parish | Cheverell Magna |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Devizes |
| Postcode district | SN10 |
| Dialling code | 01380 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Devizes |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 51°17′17″N 2°01′34″W / 51.288°N 02.026°W
Great Cheverell is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Devizes. In some sources the Latinized name of Cheverell Magna is used, especially when referring to the ecclesiastical parish.
The parish includes Great Cheverell Hill, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest consisting of unimproved species-rich chalk grassland on the edge of Salisbury Plain.
History
Great Cheverell is an ancient settlement, centering on its Church of England parish church of Saint Peter which is Grade I listed.[2] Its parish registers, now held at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, cover the years 1653-1987 (baptisms), 1654-1994 (marriages), and 1654-1987 (burials).[3]
Under the Will of J. Townsend, a charity school was established at Great Cheverell in 1725 which provided for six poor children of the parish to be taught reading and the principles of the Church of England, free of charge. By 1834, the school also had about another forty "pay-scholars", for whom a charge was made.[4]
Local government
Great Cheverell (or Cheverell Magna) is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It is in the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for most significant local government functions.
Notable residents
- Jane Gregory (1959–2011), Olympic dressage rider[5]
- Sir Charles Carter Chitham (1886–1972), policeman in British India[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "List entry - Church of St Peter, Cheverell Magna". English Heritage. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ Great Cheverell at Genuki
- ↑ "Great Cheverell – Townsend's School" in Public Charities: Analytical digest of the Reports made by the Commissioners of inquiry into charities. Digest of schools and charities for education (W. Clowes & Son, 1842), p. 297
- ↑ "Athlete Profile". www.olympics.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ↑ A. P. Baggs, D. A. Crowley, Ralph B. Pugh, Janet H. Stevenson and Margaret Tomlinson, 'Parishes: Great Cheverell', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 10, ed. Elizabeth Crittall (London, 1975), pp. 41-53
Further reading
- Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Crowley, D.A.; Pugh, Ralph B.; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1975). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 10: An account of the parishes of Swanborough hundred, and of the borough of Devizes. pp. 41–53.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 259–260. ISBN 0140710264.
External links
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- Wiltshire County Council Website page on Great Cheverell, retrieved 12 October 2004