Barford St Martin
Barford St Martin | |
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![]() Medieval preaching cross near St Martin's church | |
Location within Wiltshire | |
Population | 548 (in 2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | SU056314 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Salisbury |
Postcode district | SP3 |
Dialling code | 01722 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Parish Council |
Barford St Martin is a village and
Grovely Wood forms the northern section of the parish.
History
Prehistoric sites in the parish include the earthworks known as Ebsbury, an Iron Age settlement, field system and possible hillfort, and a Romano-British enclosed settlement, on a hilltop in the north of the parish which overlooks the Wylye valley.[2] Grovely Ditch or Grim's Ditch, a pre-Roman earthwork, runs through Grovely Wood a little further south.[3]
A small settlement called Bereford, with nine households, was recorded in the Domesday Book compiled in 1085–1086.[4] The St Martin suffix, from the dedication of the church, was added by 1304 to distinguish it from Barford manor in Downton parish. Amesbury Priory acquired 78 acres in 1197, and continued to hold that manor until the Dissolution in 1539.[5]
Grovely Wood, between Barford and Great Wishford, was an extra-parochial area. By 1839, the boundary of Barford parish had moved north to include almost all of the woodland.[6]
In 1884, the hamlet of Hurdcott – on the south side of the river upstream of Barford, with population 67 in 1891 – was transferred to Barford parish from Baverstock.[7] Hurdcott is no longer a placename but the name lives on in Hurdcott Home Farm and Hurdcott House[8] (not to be confused with the Hurdcott House near Winterbourne Earls).
Greensand stone for use in buildings has long been quarried near Hurdcott, and the quarry (now operated by Lovell Stone Group) is one of the few remaining sources.[9]
Parish church
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The
Inside, monuments include a brass in the south transept to Alis Walker (died 1584) which depicts her with her eleven children.
A group ministry was established for the area in 1979[15] and today the parish is part of the Nadder Valley benefice, alongside 14 others.[16] At some point the parish was united with neighbouring Burcombe, whose church was declared redundant in 2005.[17]
Other religious sites
An early medieval preaching cross in the centre of the village is Grade I listed, although only the base and parts of the shaft remain.[18]
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Notable buildings
Besides the Grade I listed church and village cross, one building is listed at Grade II*: Little Orchard, on Short Lane, which began as a four-bay timber-framed hall house in the 15th century, and was altered in the 16th and 17th centuries.[21] Other buildings noted by Pevsner, Cherry and Orbach[12] include the Manor House, across the road from the church, early 19th-century in yellow brick;[22] the former school, West Street, 1853–4; Barford House, Mount Lane, mid 18th-century in pebble-dashed brick;[23] and the Old Rectory, Groveley Road, with one 15th-century wing.[24]
Outside the village, a country house was built at Hurdcott in the 1630s,[25] and in the next century the estate came into the Powell family whose descendants included Alexander Powell (1782–1847), MP for Downton.[26] The house was reconstructed in the 1970s.[12]
Local government
Barford has
Countryside Unit at Dairy Lane
The Countryside Unit at Dairy Lane is owned by Alabaré Christian Care Centres.[27] The land used to be part of a farm, but now serves as a teaching facility for homeless and other disadvantaged people including those suffering and recovering from mental health illnesses. Skills such as woodworking, arts & crafts, and agriculture are taught there.
Amenities
The village school with its "Feed my lambs" logo was built in 1854 and closed at the end of 2006.[28][29] Village children now travel to Wilton, where the primary school was renamed 'Wilton and Barford' after the 2006 change; in 2018 its name reverted to Wilton CE Primary School.[30] The Barford building is now used by a pre-school playgroup.[28]
There is also a 17th-century pub called The Barford Inn, formerly known as The Green Dragon. The Wiltshire Yeomanry dedicated a tank to this pub during the
Notable people
Organist and composer
References
- ^ "Barford St. Martin Census Information". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Ebsbury Or Grovely Earthworks (214402)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Grovely Ditch (1005584)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Barford [St Martin] in the Domesday Book
- ^ Pugh, R.B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1956). "Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey, later priory, of Amesbury". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 3. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 242–259. Retrieved 24 August 2021 – via British History Online.
- ^ Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1995). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 15 pp284-294 – Great Wishford". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1959). "Table of population, 1801-1951". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 315–361. Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via British History Online.
- ^ "Map of Hurdcott, near Barford". Streetmap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Hurdcott Greenstone Quarry". Lovell Stone Group. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Reed, Simon. "History of Barford St. Martin". Barford St Martin Parish Council. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Parish Church of St. Martin, Barford St. Martin". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ OCLC 1201298091.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Martin (1146188)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Barford St Martin". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "No. 48010". The London Gazette. 20 November 1979. p. 14600.
- ^ "Redundant church of Burcombe St John the Baptist" (PDF). Church Commissioners. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Redundant church of Burcombe St John the Baptist" (PDF). Church Commissioners. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Village cross to north west of Church of St Martin (1182976)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Barford Primitive Methodist chapel". My Primitive Methodists. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Primitive Methodist Chapel, Barford St. Martin". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Little Orchard (1284295)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "The Manor House (1318719)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Barford House with Front Walls and Steps (1284326)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "The Old Rectory with Attached Garden Walls and Gateway (1318753)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Britton, John (1825). The Beauties of Wiltshire. London: Longman & Co. p. 337.
- ^ Farrell, Stephen. "POWELL, Alexander (1782-1847), of Hurdcott House, Baverstock, Wilts. and 63 Montagu Square, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Home". alabare.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Barford St. Martin Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Tilley, Emma (2 January 2007). "Primary bids poignant farewell after 150 years". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Wilton and Barford CofE Primary School". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ISBN 0-946418-53-5.
External links
Media related to Barford St Martin at Wikimedia Commons
- "Barford St Martin". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- Parish Council website