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Fyfield, Wiltshire

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Fyfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, in the Kennet Valley about west of Marlborough. [1]

29 relations: Alec Taylor Jr., Chamber tomb, Chapelry, Church of England parish church, Civil parish, Devizes (UK Parliament constituency), Extra-parochial area, Fyfield and West Overton, Fyfield Down, List of A4 roads, Listed building, Lockeridge, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Meux baronets, Neolithic, North Wessex Downs, Ordnance Survey, Poor law union, Quern-stone, River Kennet, Sarsen, The Devil's Den, Tithing, Unitary authority, Victorian restoration, Wansdyke (earthwork), West Overton, Wiltshire, Wiltshire Council.

Alec Taylor Jr.

Alec Taylor Jr. (1862–1943), known as the Wizard of Manton, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor Sr.

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Chamber tomb

A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures.

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Chapelry

A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century.

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Church of England parish church

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, the parish – since the 19th century called the ecclesiastical parish (outside meetings of the church) to avoid confusion with the civil parish which many towns and villages have.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

Devizes is a constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament and includes four towns and many villages in the middle and east of the county.

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Extra-parochial area

In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any eccelesiastical or civil parish.

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Fyfield and West Overton

Fyfield and West Overton is a joint parish council for the parishes of Fyfield and West Overton, in the English county of Wiltshire.

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Fyfield Down

Fyfield Down is part of the Marlborough Downs, about north of the village of Fyfield, Wiltshire.

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List of A4 roads

This is a list of roads designated A4.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Lockeridge

Lockeridge (pop. approximately 290) is a village in Wiltshire, England.

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Marlborough, Wiltshire

Marlborough is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath.

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Meux baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Meux, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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North Wessex Downs

The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) (also known as the Chalkenwolds) is located in the English counties of West Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Poor law union

A poor law union was a geographical territory, and early local government unit, in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Quern-stone

Quern-stones are stone tools for hand-grinding a wide variety of materials.

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River Kennet

The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames.

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Sarsen

Sarsen stones are sandstone blocks found in quantity in the United Kingdom on Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire; in Kent; and in smaller quantities in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Dorset and Hampshire.

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The Devil's Den

The Devil's Den or Devil's Den is a burial chamber located on Fyfield Hill near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.

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Tithing

A tithing or tything was a historic English legal, administrative or territorial unit, originally ten hides (and hence, one tenth of a hundred).

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Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government.

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Victorian restoration

The Victorian restoration was the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria.

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Wansdyke (earthwork)

Wansdyke (from Woden's Dyke) is a series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the ditch spoil, with the ditching facing north.

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West Overton

West Overton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Marlborough.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.

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Wiltshire Council

Wiltshire Council is a unitary authority in South West of England, created in 2009.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyfield,_Wiltshire

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