Corsley
| Corsley | |
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.jpg) Corsley from Cley Hill | |
  Corsley Location within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 681 (in 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST828467 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Warminster |
| Postcode district | BA12 |
| Dialling code | 01373 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | corsleyandthebridge |
Corsley is a hamlet and
The parish has several small settlements. Lye's Green is between Corsley and Corsley Heath (not to be confused with
Much of the parish was originally part of the
History
The Domesday Book says of Corsley "Azor holds one hide in Corselie... Here is ploughed land... and the mill pays 40 pence. And the wood is a furlong in length and half a furlong broad. It is worth 20 shillings."[3] In 1232, Henry III granted the manor of Corsley to Godfrey de Crawcumb, with the right to hold an annual fair on 20 July (the feast of St Margaret) and a weekly market on Fridays.[4]
By about 1250, there were four separate manors, Corsley, Little Corsley, Huntenhull, and Whitbourne.[5]
In 1544, after the
After the death of Thynne in 1580, his widow, known as Dame Dorothy, lived at Manor Farm as a dower house. At the same time, Sir Walter Raleigh, who was in disgrace, was living at a farm near St Margaret's parish church, Corsley. He and his brother Carew Raleigh used to visit Dame Dorothy, who married Carew Raleigh.[10]
The boundaries of the civil parish were redrawn in 1934. The northern part (including Corsley Mill and Huntenhull) was transferred to the new parish of Chapmanslade, while in the south a portion of Longleat's park and woodland was transferred from Warminster to Corsley.[2]
A National School was built at Corsley in 1847 on land owned by Lord Bath, near the church. Children of all ages attended until 1931, when pupils over 11 transferred to the new Avenue Senior School at Warminster.[11] In 1944 the school became a Church of England aided school; it closed in 2007 owing to falling pupil numbers.[12] The building became a conference centre,[13] and was a temporary home for Frome's Steiner School from 2012 to 2014.[14]
Churches and chapels
There are two Church of England churches in the parish. Both are served by the Cley Hill team ministry.[15]
The parish church of St Margaret, Corsley, was built in 1833 by John Leachman on the site of an earlier church.[16]
Wesleyan Methodists were active from 1769[2] and a chapel was built at Lane End in 1849, with a schoolroom added late in the century. The chapel closed in 1966 and is in residential use.[20]
The parish had a Baptist congregation by the 1780s, and a chapel was built at Temple in 1811.[21] Money to pay for the land and the building was raised by the preacher, Richard Parsons of Chapmanslade, who continued as pastor until his death in 1853. Around the middle of the century the chapel was enlarged, and its height increased; the interior was refurbished in 1882. As of 2016 the chapel remains in use as Whitbourne Baptist Chapel.[22]
Notable buildings
Corsley House, a
Sturford Mead was built in 1820
Local government and MP
Corsley elects a parish council. Most local government services are provided by
References
- ^ "Wiltshire Community History". Corsley Census Information. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 8 – Corsley". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Gough 1974, p. 9.
- ^ Gough 1974, p. 13.
- ^ Gough 1974, p. 11.
- ^ Gough 1974, pp. 14–15.
- ^ Gough 1974, p. 15.
- ^ Historic England. "Manor Farm (1285731)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Gough 1974, p. 18.
- ^ Gough 1974, pp. 18–19.
- ^ "Church of England Primary School, Corsley". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Corsley Church of England Primary School". EduBase. Department for Education. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "New conference centre born out of village school". This is Somerset. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Frome Steiner School moves to its permanent site of 'learning and endeavour'". Frome Standard. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Our Churches". Cley Hill Churches. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Corsley (1285744)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Church of St. Mary, Corsley". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1180496)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Corsley". Friends of Friendless Churches. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Methodist Chapel, Corsley". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Baptist Chapel, Corsley". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Whitbourne Baptist Chapel". Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Corsley House (1285687)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Corsley". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Howells, Jane (February 2015). "Maud Davies and the Victoria County History of Wiltshire" (PDF). The Recorder. 14. Wiltshire Record Society: 3–6.
- ^ Historic England. "Sturford Mead (1194491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- Gough, P.H. (1974). The Story of Corsley and its Church (2nd ed.).
- Davies, Maud Frances (1909). Life in an English Village: An Economic and Historical Survey of the Parish of Corsley in Wiltshire. London: T.F. Unwin. Reprinted 2013, Hobnob Press.
External links
Media related to Corsley at Wikimedia Commons
- GENUKI – Corsley
- Community website
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