Winterbourne Bassett

Winterbourne Bassett

Farmland near Hackpen White Horse
Winterbourne Bassett
Winterbourne Bassett shown within Wiltshire
Population 159 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid reference SU102749
Civil parish
  • Winterbourne Bassett
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Swindon
Postcode district SN4
Dialling code 01793
Police Wiltshire
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Winterbourne Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Swindon and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Marlborough.

Local government

Winterbourne Bassett elects a joint parish council with the larger adjacent parish of Broad Hinton - see Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett. It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Amenities

The 14th-century Church of England parish church of St Katherine and St Peter is Grade I listed.[2][3]

A Methodist chapel was built in 1904 and sold in 1960.[4]

There was a small school in the village from 1875 to 1966; primary school children now go to Broad Hinton.[5]

The village has a public house and restaurant called The White Horse.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Katherine and St Peter (1284298)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Church of St. Katherine and St. Peter, Winterbourne Bassett". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Methodist Chapel, Winterbourne Bassett". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Winterbourne Bassett School". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Welcome to the White Horse". Retrieved 12 September 2014.

Sources

  • Wiltshire County Council Website page on Winterbourne Bassett, retrieved 8 October 2004
  • Map 'Explorer 157', published by the Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0-319-21782-5, revised 1997.

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