Landford

Landford

St Andrew's Church
Landford
Landford shown within Wiltshire
Population 1,271 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid reference SU257188
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SALISBURY
Postcode district SP5 2A
Dialling code 01794
Police Wiltshire
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament
Website Parish Council

Landford is a village and civil parish 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. To the south and east of the parish is the county of Hampshire and the New Forest National Park. The parish includes the small village of Nomansland and the hamlets of Hamptworth and Landfordwood.

The River Blackwater crosses the parish from west to east, on its way to join the Test in Hampshire. The A36 Salisbury-Southampton trunk road bisects the parish in the northeast.

History

Evidence of prehistoric activity includes a bell barrow and two bowl barrows from the Bronze Age;[2] and earthworks known as Castle Copse Camp, late Bronze or early Iron Age.[3]

The Domesday Book of 1068 recorded a settlement with six households and a mill.[4] Woodland in the area continued to be part of the royal forest of Melchet until 1614, when James I granted the forest to Sir Lawrence Hyde.[5]

Plaitford village, just east of Landford, was part of the parish until it was transferred to Hampshire in 1895.[6] A community governance review effective 1 April 2017 transferred the eastern portion of Redlynch parish to Landford. The area transferred includes the settlements of Nomansland and Hamptworth.[7][8]

Notable buildings

The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew is Grade II* listed[9] and was built in 1858 to designs by the Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield.[10][11]

Landford Manor dates from the 17th century and is Grade II* listed.[12]

Grade II listed Wickets Green Farmhouse dates from the 16th century[13] and has connections with the family of Lord Nelson.

Notable people

Amenities

There is a public house (the Landford Poacher),[14] a village shop and post office. The village used to have a bakery but it closed in 2007.

The local school is the New Forest Primary School which has two sites: for younger children at Landford and older children at Nomansland. The latter began as a National School of 1867 on Hamptworth common, then in the 20th century the village of Nomansland expanded to surround it.[15][16]

Nearby Landford Bog and Landford Heath are biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

References

  1. ↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Landford Common round barrows (1005593)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Castle Copse camp (1004755)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Landford in the Domesday Book
  5. ↑ Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1959). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 4: Royal forests". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Victoria County History - Hampshire - Parishes: Plaitford". British History Online. University of London. 1911. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Wiltshire Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2016". Wiltshire Council. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Landford Parish council with Nomansland & Hamptworth". Landford Parish Council. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew, Landford (1184023)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 291. ISBN 0 14 071026 4.
  11. ↑ "Church of St. Andrew, Landford". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Historic England. "Landford Manor, Landford (1300292)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Historic England. "Wickets Green Farmhouse (1023917)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  14. ↑ The Landford Poacher
  15. ↑ "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 11 pp19-77 - Parishes: Downton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Nomansland and Hamptworth C. of E. Aided Primary School". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  • "Landford". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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