Blackland, Wiltshire
Blackland | |
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Hamlet at Blacklands crossroads | |
Location within Wiltshire | |
OS grid reference | SU012686 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CALNE |
Postcode district | SN11 |
Dialling code | 01249 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Blackland (sometimes Blacklands) is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Calne Without, just south-east of the town of Calne, in Wiltshire, England. There is a 13th-century church and an 18th-century country house, Blackland House. In 1881 the parish had a population of 50.[1]
Geography
The former parish is south of the
The River Marden flows north-westwards across the tithing.
History
The Blackland area was probably part of the king's large Calne estate in the 10th century or earlier. By the late 12th century Blackland was a separate manor, with its own church. The name was also adopted for a tithing which was larger than the manor, and by the early 19th century included land in Calne, Calstone Wellington and Calstone parishes.[2] Blackland parish was abolished on 26 March 1890,[3] all the tithing forming part of the new Calne Without parish, which also absorbed Calstone Wellington.[2] At the 1901 census, there were 33 houses in the former Blackland parish area.[4]
In the late 12th century the manor was held by Richard de Canville, governor of Cyprus, who died in 1191 during the
Owners of Blackland Farm included from 1570 Thomas Goddard of
Blacklands Park Farmhouse, west of the hamlet, was built in ashlar in the mid to late 18th century.[5] Part of a defensive moat from an earlier building is still in water.[6]
Blackland Mill stands on the River Marden downstream from the church, where there has been a corn mill probably since the 13th century, and certainly since 1728.[2] The present substantial structure is a rebuilding of 1800-1810 in red brick with stone windows, and retains its iron waterwheel.[7] The mill was in operation until c.1915–1920, and again from 1983 to 1993.[2] The adjoining stable of c.1810 has a roof described by Historic England as "an exceptional example of early use of iron in roof construction" and is Grade II* listed.[8]
A farm at Blackland Mill was bought by champion jockey
Blackland had no school. From around 1846 children could attend the school at Calstone, which remained open until 1962.[2][10]
Blackland House
Blackland House (or Blackland Park), opposite the church, is a three-storey ashlar house built in the 1760s for Thomas Maundrell. The formal north and south fronts have five windows; the north has a centre bay with pediment and lunette, and 1858 additions to the ground floor; on the south (garden) side the central doorway has a pair of Doric columns, and the house overlooks a small lake made by damming the Marden.[11][12] On the west side the late-19th-century conservatory is described as "curvaceous" by Orbach,[12] and to the east is a single-storey late-20th-century extension.[13]
Owners in the 20th century included from 1973 to 1987 the fashion designer Rupert Lycett Green and his wife, the writer Candida Lycett Green.[2] The house has 5 acres (2 ha) of gardens.[14] The present owners, who run a floristry business from the former coach house,[15] restored two walled gardens and planted 15,000 tulips.[16] A collection of tulip cultivars is accredited with Plant Heritage under the National Plant Collection scheme.[17]
Just east of the house is a two-storey stable block with a large central dovecote, built in rubble stone in the mid-18th-century.[18] A lodge at the north-west entrance to the grounds, on the London-Bath road, was built in squared ashlar in the mid to late 19th century.[19]
Parish church
The church, which probably dates from the 13th century, is a small rubble building with a west bellcote. In the chancel two small windows are 13th century and Orbach states that two triangular-headed windows have Anglo-Saxon monolith surrounds. The two-light east window is 14th century and in that century the chancel roof was replaced and the nave rebuilt; these roofs are still in place.[20][12][21]
The font is either 12th century (Orbach) or 13th (Historic England) on a 19th-century base. The single bell was cast in 1671
A north vestry was added to the chancel in 1842 and in 1858–9 the church was "over-restored" (according to Orbach) by Henry Weaver. The work included buttressing the addition, remodelling it as an aisle and moving the porch to that side, as well as changes to the nave windows and re-fronting of the west gallery. Further restoration in 1907 by C.E. Ponting saw stained glass by Kempe & Co. installed in the east window, and a new screen, stalls, pulpit and reredos.[20][12]
The church was originally dedicated to St Nicholas but by 1851 it was called St Peter's.
The church was probably built by the lord of the manor as a chapel dependent on
References
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Crowley, D. A., ed. (2002). "Blackland". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 17. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 17–27. Retrieved 11 March 2022 – via British History Online.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Blackland CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Blackland AP/CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Blacklands Park Farmhouse (1261340)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Calne Without". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Blacklands Mill (1253099)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Outbuilding to south of Blackland Mill (1253255)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "About the Stables". Blacklands Mill House. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Calstone Church School". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Blackland Park (1253097)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ OCLC 1201298091.
- ^ Byam Shaw, Ros (1 February 2021). "Polly Nicholson's flower-filled Georgian house in Wiltshire". House & Garden. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Blackland House". National Garden Scheme. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "The Garden". Bayntun Flowers. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "From Country Life, April 2019: Tulipmania Reborn". Bayntun Flowers. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Tulipa (historic tulips) – Polly Nicholson, Wiltshire". Plant Heritage. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Stables and dovecote at Blackland Park (1253098)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Blackland House, London Road (1254364)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1261936)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Crowley, D. A., ed. (2002). "Calne: Churches". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 17. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 101–109. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via British History Online.
- ^ "Blackland, Wiltshire". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "No. 24925". The London Gazette. 18 January 1881. pp. 227–228.
- ^ "No. 42800". The London Gazette. 5 October 1962. p. 7751.
- ^ "St. Peter's". Parish of Calne and Blackland. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "The Marden Vale Team Ministry". Retrieved 14 March 2022.
External links
Media related to Blackland, Wiltshire at Wikimedia Commons
- Blackland Manor 1194–Present at Wiltshire OPC, June 2014