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Southwick, Wiltshire
Southwick is a semi-rural village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of the county town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. It is separated from the south-west fringe of Trowbridge only by the Southwick Country Park, which consists of 380 acres (150 ha) of open fields. The majority of the village lies south of the A361, which runs through the village, linking Trowbridge with Frome.
The parish includes the hamlets of Hoggington and Hoopers Pool.
The Somerset border lies approximately one mile south-west of Southwick village. Nearby villages are Rode, about 2 miles (3 km) to the south-west, and North Bradley, one mile to the east.
A tributary of the River Biss, the Lambrok Stream, which is fed from streams in the south and west of the parish, flows to the south-east of the village and then turns to form part of the parish's north-eastern boundary with Trowbridge.
Southwick, together with North Bradley, was part of Steeple Ashton manor in Anglo-Saxon times. The area was part of the extensive Selwood Forest until 1300. Early landowners included Humphrey Stafford (died 1413) of Southwick Court. He was probably the father of John Stafford (bishop).
Settlement at Southwick began in the early Middle Ages and grew with the woollen cloth industry, weavers working at home for Trowbridge clothiers; the population peaked in the early 19th century.
A National School, with teacher's house, was built on the Frome Road in 1867 on land provided by Richard Penruddocke Long of Rood Ashton House. In Flemish bond brick with limestone dressings, the gothic-style building has a clock tower with a short octagonal stone spire. After enlargement in 1898 the school could accommodate 200. Children of all ages attended until 1931, when those aged 11 and over transferred to secondary schools in Trowbridge. In 1975 the Victorian school was replaced by a new building in the east of the village.
Until 1866, Southwick was part of North Bradley parish. In 1937 some 220 acres in the west of the parish, adjacent to the Somerset village of Rode and containing the small settlement of Rode Hill, was transferred to Rode parish.
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Southwick, Wiltshire
Southwick is a semi-rural village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of the county town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. It is separated from the south-west fringe of Trowbridge only by the Southwick Country Park, which consists of 380 acres (150 ha) of open fields. The majority of the village lies south of the A361, which runs through the village, linking Trowbridge with Frome.
The parish includes the hamlets of Hoggington and Hoopers Pool.
The Somerset border lies approximately one mile south-west of Southwick village. Nearby villages are Rode, about 2 miles (3 km) to the south-west, and North Bradley, one mile to the east.
A tributary of the River Biss, the Lambrok Stream, which is fed from streams in the south and west of the parish, flows to the south-east of the village and then turns to form part of the parish's north-eastern boundary with Trowbridge.
Southwick, together with North Bradley, was part of Steeple Ashton manor in Anglo-Saxon times. The area was part of the extensive Selwood Forest until 1300. Early landowners included Humphrey Stafford (died 1413) of Southwick Court. He was probably the father of John Stafford (bishop).
Settlement at Southwick began in the early Middle Ages and grew with the woollen cloth industry, weavers working at home for Trowbridge clothiers; the population peaked in the early 19th century.
A National School, with teacher's house, was built on the Frome Road in 1867 on land provided by Richard Penruddocke Long of Rood Ashton House. In Flemish bond brick with limestone dressings, the gothic-style building has a clock tower with a short octagonal stone spire. After enlargement in 1898 the school could accommodate 200. Children of all ages attended until 1931, when those aged 11 and over transferred to secondary schools in Trowbridge. In 1975 the Victorian school was replaced by a new building in the east of the village.
Until 1866, Southwick was part of North Bradley parish. In 1937 some 220 acres in the west of the parish, adjacent to the Somerset village of Rode and containing the small settlement of Rode Hill, was transferred to Rode parish.
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