Slaughterford

Slaughterford

Lane through Slaughterford
Slaughterford
Slaughterford shown within Wiltshire
OS grid reference ST841739
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHIPPENHAM
Postcode district SN14
Dialling code 01249
Police Wiltshire
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Slaughterford is a small village and former civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, in the South West of England. The village is at a crossing point of the Bybrook River, in a wooded valley between Castle Combe and Box.

History

The present-day Manor Farmhouse dates from 1753.[1]

Slaughterford was a separate parish with its own church until it was amalgamated with Biddestone in 1844.[2]

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) states:

SLAUGHTERFORD, a parish in the hundred of Chippenham, county of Wilts, 5 miles N. W. of Chippenham, its post town, and 9 E. of Bath. The village, which is considerable, is situated on Box brook, a branch of the river Avon. In the vicinity is Bury-Wood camp, on the Fosse Way. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the rectory of Biddestone, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an ancient structure with a tower containing one bell.[3]

Slaughterford Parish church

Religious sites

The church of St Nicholas is Grade II* listed.[4] Built in the 15th century, it was partly destroyed about 1649 by Richard Cromwell's troops on their way to Ireland, and lay in ruins until it was rebuilt in 1823. There was further restoration in 1883. Bybrook Team Ministry provides a monthly service, usually on the second Sunday of the month.[5][6][7]

A Quaker meeting house was in use in the village from the 17th century. It became disused and collapsed in the 1960s.[8] Among the Quakers from the village were the Cheevers family.

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Manor Farmhouse, Slaughterford, Biddestone (1198948)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Biddestone parish". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Slaughterford at genuki.org.uk
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas, Slaughterford (1363574)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Team Ministry site Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Church of St. Nicholas, Slaughterford, Biddestone". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "St Nicholas, Slaughterford". Church of England. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Friends Meeting House, Slaughterford". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

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