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Map Showing Parish BoundariesReproduced from the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of Her Majesty‟s Stationery Office. © Crown Copyright.Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. NORTH WILTSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL 100017933 2008Biddestone & Slaughterford Parish Plan4
History of the ParishBoth Biddestone and Slaughterford go back The church of St Peter was founded at thisto Saxon times and indeed some Roman time .By 1085, the two Manors ofremains have been found near the bridge in Biddestone, each with its own church andSlaughterford. The origin of both names is parish, had been taken over from the Saxonuncertain.Alvaric by the Norman Humphrey de L‟isle.Mankind inhabited the post Ice Age 'Wild By the Domesday Survey of 1086 there wereWood' in this locality at least 5,000 years four cottagers with 150 acres of farmlandago. To the east the Mesolithic tomb ('Bushy plus 3 acres of meadow and 2 of woodland.Barrows') at 'Long Stone' near the A420, and Absentee landlords granted the occupationanother on the adjacent Lan Hill were of the area to lesser aristocracy for the nextcompleted by circa 2,900 BC. The bones of few centuries. People such as Henry de21 early residents were found at the latter Bernevale, Edmund Gascelyn William 'Knightduring excavations.of Budeston' and numerous others livedAn ancient Iron Age track way through the here.deciduous forest from Chippenham (Cepeham [1086] = Cepe's settlement) toSlaughterford (Slachtoneford = Sloe thorncrossing) bypassed the marshy groundaround the spring line there. During the earlypart of the second century AD, Roman villaswere established at Colerne, Euridge andNorth Wraxall to the west, but the pathremained just that.The first inhabitants of Biddestone, allegedlyfrom 620, may have been organised by anindividual called Biedin who created asettlement or 'tun' around the water sourcenear the current Manor House.Above: St Peter‟s Church, BiddestoneAbove Right: The Chippenham HundredAlthough the two ecclesiasticalparishes remained separate for manyyears, they were rejoined whenowned by Sir Gilbert Prynne ofAllington who later sold the manors toLord Hungerford. When Henry VIIIexecuted Lord Hungerford in 1540,the lands passed to the Crown untilthey were sold to William Mompessonin 1573. They were obtained byWilliam Mountjoy in 1626, in whosefamily they remained for manygenerations.In 1661, Mountjoy had a gutter dugdown through the village street tobring water from the springs in thewestern grounds into the newly dugpond on what is now the villagegreen.Biddestone & Slaughterford Parish Plan5
Page 3: ForewordIn 2005, the Biddestone and
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Page 9 and 10: Biddestone & Slaughterford TodaySla
Page 11 and 12: Biddestone & Slaughterford TodayBid
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Page 17 and 18: The QuestionnaireThe questionnaire
Page 19 and 20: %Questionnaire Results: Population
Page 21 and 22: Questionnaire Results: Housing and
Page 23 and 24: Housing and Planning Action PlanISS
Page 25 and 26: Biddestone PondThe pond and village
Page 27 and 28: Countryside and Environment Action
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Page 31 and 32: Traffic and Transport Action PlanIS
Page 33 and 34: %Questionnaire results: Health and
Page 35 and 36: Health and Local Services Action Pl
Page 37 and 38: Police, Community Safety and Crime
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Page 41 and 42: Questionnaire Results: Communicatio
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Page 45 and 46: Church and Tourism Action PlanISSUE
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