Ansty, Wiltshire
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| Ansty shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 117 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | ST957264 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | SP3 |
| Dialling code | 01747 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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Ansty is a small village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) east of Shaftesbury. The village is just north of the A30 road between Shaftesbury and Salisbury. The parish includes the hamlet of Ansty Coombe.
In the southern part of the parish is White Sheet Hill, on which there are Bronze Age barrows including a long barrow.
In the eastern part of the parish there is bowl barrow. The barrow may be older than the pagan Saxon burial from the 7th century AD that has been found in it. Grave goods excavated from the burial include a diadem, palm cups, enamelled ironwork and an incense burner.
The Church of England parish church of Saint James dates from before 1210 and is Grade II listed. The south wall of the nave may be a survival from that original building, and the font too is Norman. The chancel may have been rebuilt and lengthened in the 14th century. A two-storeyed north porch was added in the 15th century. The windows of the church were replaced in the 16th century. The transepts are Gothic Revival additions. In 1842 the porch was demolished and the north transept and western bell-turret were added. In 1878 the south transept was added. Also in the 19th century the 16th century windows were replaced with ones in a 13th-century style and the arches to the chancel and transept were altered.
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