Chiseldon

Chiseldon is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The village lies on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, a mile south of junction 15 of the M4 motorway, on the A346 between Swindon and Marlborough. The large village of Wroughton is to the west. The parish includes the hamlets of Badbury, Badbury Wick, Draycot Foliat, Hodson, and Ridgeway View; the ancient manor of Burderop is also within the parish.

Chiseldon is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The village lies on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, a mile south of junction 15 of the M4 motorway, on the A346 between Swindon and Marlborough. The large village of Wroughton is to the west. The parish includes the hamlets of Badbury, Badbury Wick, Draycot Foliat, Hodson, and Ridgeway View; the ancient manor of Burderop is also within the parish.

Religious sites

One record states that the church at Chiseldon was granted in 903 to Winchester Abbey. This association continued until the Dissolution, in or shortly before 1540. Holy Cross, the Church of England parish church, is a Grade I listed building which is called "fairly large" by Historic England. The earliest masonry is the five-bay arcades of c.1200, and the south and east windows of the chancel are also from the early 13th century. The head of a small Anglo-Saxon window is built into a pier near the south-west corner of the nave. The windows on the west side are from the 13th or 14th centuries, as is the altered south doorway. The three-stage 15th-century tower is in unusual position backing onto the south aisle, its base providing a porch. One of the six bells is from c.1399 and four are from the 17th century. Restoration by C.E. Ponting in 1892 saw the renewal of the stalls using 16th-century carved panels; the exterior was little changed beyond the replacement of the chancel roof at a steeper angle. The church has much stained glass from the late 19th century, and a 1939 window in the north aisle by Christopher Webb. There are several wall monuments, 18th and 19th century, to members of the Calley family of Burderop. Stone memorials inside the church include a depiction of Edward Hellish (died 1707¹) and his large family. Historic England describes the churchyard as well stocked with chest tombs and headstones, mostly from the 18th century. In 1923, the parishes and benefices of Chiseldon and Draycot Foliat were united. Today the parish of Chisledon with Draycott Folliatt is at the centre of the Ridgeway benefice, which also covers Ogbourne St Andrew and Ogbourne St George. Primitive Methodists built a chapel and school in the village in 1896, replacing an earlier building. The chapel was sold for residential use sometime after 1967 and Methodists share the facilities of the parish church.

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