Idmiston

Coordinates: 51°08′06″N 1°43′12″W / 51.135°N 1.72°W / 51.135; -1.72
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Idmiston
The Old School House
Idmiston is located in Wiltshire
Idmiston
Idmiston
Location within Wiltshire
Population2,130 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSU197373
Civil parish
  • Idmiston
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSALISBURY
Postcode districtSP4
Dialling code01980
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council
List of places
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England
Wiltshire
51°08′06″N 1°43′12″W / 51.135°N 1.72°W / 51.135; -1.72

Idmiston is a village and

civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Amesbury and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the villages of Porton and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road
.

Porton Down military science park is in the parish, separated from Idmiston by a railway line. It is home to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and related businesses.

History

The

Sorviodunum (Old Sarum), followed the Bourne valley and passed close to the present settlements.[2]

The Domesday survey in 1086 recorded 15 households at Eunestetone (Idmiston), on land held by Glastonbury Abbey;[3] and eight at Poertone or Portone, on land held by Edward of Salisbury and Wulfric the hunter.[4]

Idmiston Manor is a house from c. 1600 with 17th-century interior features[5] and an arched gateway from the same period;[6] both house and gateway are Grade II* listed. The Old Rectory, opposite the church, also dates from the early 17th century and is also Grade II*.[7]

A small grass-runway aerodrome was opened in 1917 on farmland at Boscombe Down in the north of the parish for the

MoD Boscombe Down and extending into Amesbury and Allington
parishes, its research and testing role continues.

Religious sites

The Grade I listed All Saints Church, Idmiston was built in the 12th century as the parish church.[9] In 1977 it was declared redundant, and St Nicholas' at Porton became the parish church;[10] All Saints is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[11]

In 1977, the name of the ecclesiastical parish was 'Idmiston with Porton and Gomeldon'.[10] Today the parish of 'St Nicholas Porton and District' is within the area of the Bourne Valley benefice, a group of six rural parishes.[12][13]

Railway

In 1857, the

West of England Main Line
but there are no local stations.

Amenities

There are two primary schools in the parish. St Nicholas' CofE (VA) Primary School was built in 1972 between Idmiston and Porton. Idmiston village had its own school from 1833, replaced by a new building in 1869, opposite the church; it closed after the new school was opened to cater for the increased local population.[15] The second school is at Gomeldon, built in 1912 and later extended, then modernised in 1972.[16]

Notable people

John Bowle (1725–1788), known for his scholarly annotated edition of Don Quixote, was vicar of Idmiston for some years until his death.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. ^ Codrington, Thomas (1903). Roman Roads in Britain. London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. p. 302. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. ^ Idmiston in the Domesday Book
  4. ^ Porton in the Domesday Book
  5. ^ Historic England. "Idmiston Manor (1355682)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Front gateway to Idmiston Manor and abutting walls (Idmiston)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Old Rectory (1135690)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  8. ^ a b "MoD Boscombe Down: 1917–2007". RAeS Boscombe Down Branch. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1023956)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  10. ^ a b "No. 47187". The London Gazette. 1 April 1977. p. 4501.
  11. ^ "All Saints, Idmiston". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Bourne Valley Churches". Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Porton: St Nicholas". A Church Near You. The Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  14. ISBN 1904349331
    .
  15. ^ "Idmiston C. of E. Aided Primary School". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Gomeldon Primary School, Idmiston". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  17. Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource
    .

External links

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