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6 unusual facts about Wylye


Fisherton Delamere

Fisherton Delamere, also spelt Fisherton de la Mere and Fisherton Delamare, is a small village and former civil parish on the River Wylye, Wiltshire, England.

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The civil parish, was extinguished in 1934, when Fisherton was transferred to Wylye, and Bapton to Stockton.

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The parish came to an end in 1934 and was divided between Wylye and Stockton, the latter gaining the hamlet of Bapton, while the village of Fisherton Delamere retained a separate identity within Wylye.

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The Church of England parish church, St Nicholas's Church, built in the 14th century in a chequerboard pattern of flint and Chilmark stone, sits on a hill overlooking the River Wylye at the centre of the village.

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Almost all of the present village of Fisherton Delamere is now part of the parish of Wylye.

Wylye, Wiltshire

Wylye is a village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire, England.


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Bishopstrow

Bishopstrow House originally stood between the Salisbury Road and the River Wylye.

River Wylye

The Wylye valley is a picturesque valley dotted with small chocolate box villages composed of thatched cottages and stone-built pubs.

Rowland Vaughan

An account was also published describing a similar system in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, but the name of the author is lost to history.


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