Chilmark, Wiltshire
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 Church of St Margaret of Antioch |
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 Chilmark
Chilmark shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 525 (in 2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode district | SP3 |
| Dialling code | 01722 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | South West Wiltshire |
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Chilmark is a Wiltshire village and civil parish of some 150 houses straddling the B3089 road 12 miles (19 km) west of Salisbury.[2] The parish church was given by Henry VIII to the brother in law of his last wife.[3] The stream through the village, often dry in summer, flows some two miles (3 km) on to the River Nadder.
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History
Roman artefacts have been found in the nearby quarries and Purbeck limestone possibly from Chilmark was used in the construction of Roman mansions at the villages of West Grimstead and Rockbourne Villa[4]
The Parish Church
Dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch the Anglican parish church dates from the 13th century with additions in the 14th and 18th centuries. It was most recently restored in 1856 by T.H. Wyatt. The steepled tower, rebuilt in about 1770, retains 13th century lancet windows. The font has an original 13th-century bowl on a 19th-century base. The church contains several stained-glass windows from the 19th century. The churchyard contains 12 grade II listed chest tombs from the 17th and 18th centuries.[5]
Chilmark Ravine
A mile south of the village the stream passes through the Ravine, with longstanding quarry workings and several buildings dating from the 1930s, when they formed part of an RAF storage area (RAF Chilmark) for bombs and ammunition. This facility had a spur from the main London-Exeter railway line and a 2ft gauge internal railway.
Counter-terrorism training school
Some 55 acres (0.22 km2) of land in and near the Ravine is now a training area for counter-terrorism security and explosives.[6]
Chilmark quarries
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These consist mainly of caverns. The limestone for Salisbury Cathedral was quarried here.[7] From the 1930s to the 1980s the caverns were used by the RAF as part of a major store for bombs and ammunition.[8] They are now in active use as a quarry again.[9]
References
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- ↑ Genuki details
- ↑ British history Online
- ↑ Sawyer, R., Nadder, 2006, p.84, The Hobnob Press, ISBN 978-0-946418-53-4
- ↑ Pevsner, N and Cherry, B., The Buildings of England (Wiltshire), Penguin Books Ltd., 1975. ISBN 0-14-071026-4
- ↑ ISSEE company site
- ↑ Quarry details
- ↑ Subterranea Britannica details
- ↑ Chicksgrove Quarry
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Thatched cottages in the village
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The village stream
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War memorial
External links
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