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Atworth is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. The village is on the A365 between Melksham and Box, about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Melksham and 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Bradford on Avon. The hamlet of Purlpit lies east of Atworth village, and in the south of the parish are the small village of Great Chalfield and the hamlet of Little Chalfield.
The Roman road from Silchester to Bath forms the northern boundary of the parish, and to the south of it is the settlement of Beardwell.
The present-day civil parish of Atworth was created in 1884 from four former parishes or tithings.
Atworth was a tithing in the northeast of the large ancient parish of Bradford on Avon. This land forms the northern half of the modern parish, with the Roman road from Silchester to Bath as its northern boundary.
A Roman villa (excavated in 1937 and 1971) was a short distance northwest of the present village of Atworth. Poplar Farmhouse is from the 15th century and Manor Farmhouse is from the early 18th century. At Church Farm the farmhouse is late 18th century, and a seven-bay barn which is probably 16th-century is Grade II* listed.
A clock tower was erected at the side of the Bath Road in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, and later served as the parish war memorial.
Great Chalfield (or East Chalfield), to the south of Atworth, was a separate parish until 1884. Great Chalfield Manor was built in the mid-15th century and is Grade I listed; nearby is a barn which is partly 17th-century and also Grade I listed.
Little Chalfield (or West Chalfield) was a separate manor and, in the 14th and 15th centuries, a separate parish. There was a church or chapel, recorded in conveyances up to 1701, but then lost without trace. Little Chalfield became an extra-parochial area until the civil parish of Little Chalfield with Cottles was created in 1857. Little Chalfield Manor is from the early 19th century.
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Atworth
Atworth is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. The village is on the A365 between Melksham and Box, about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Melksham and 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Bradford on Avon. The hamlet of Purlpit lies east of Atworth village, and in the south of the parish are the small village of Great Chalfield and the hamlet of Little Chalfield.
The Roman road from Silchester to Bath forms the northern boundary of the parish, and to the south of it is the settlement of Beardwell.
The present-day civil parish of Atworth was created in 1884 from four former parishes or tithings.
Atworth was a tithing in the northeast of the large ancient parish of Bradford on Avon. This land forms the northern half of the modern parish, with the Roman road from Silchester to Bath as its northern boundary.
A Roman villa (excavated in 1937 and 1971) was a short distance northwest of the present village of Atworth. Poplar Farmhouse is from the 15th century and Manor Farmhouse is from the early 18th century. At Church Farm the farmhouse is late 18th century, and a seven-bay barn which is probably 16th-century is Grade II* listed.
A clock tower was erected at the side of the Bath Road in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, and later served as the parish war memorial.
Great Chalfield (or East Chalfield), to the south of Atworth, was a separate parish until 1884. Great Chalfield Manor was built in the mid-15th century and is Grade I listed; nearby is a barn which is partly 17th-century and also Grade I listed.
Little Chalfield (or West Chalfield) was a separate manor and, in the 14th and 15th centuries, a separate parish. There was a church or chapel, recorded in conveyances up to 1701, but then lost without trace. Little Chalfield became an extra-parochial area until the civil parish of Little Chalfield with Cottles was created in 1857. Little Chalfield Manor is from the early 19th century.
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