Brinkworth, Wiltshire
| Brinkworth | |
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 School Hill, Brinkworth |
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 Brinkworth
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| Brinkworth shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 1,282 (in 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SU015845 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHIPPENHAM |
| Postcode district | SN15 |
| Dialling code | 01666 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Brinkworth, in northern Wiltshire, England, is the longest village in Britain, at over 6 miles (10 km) (although its core extends for less than 1 mile). It is roughly equidistant between the towns of Malmesbury and Royal Wootton Bassett and lies less than 1 km north of the M4 motorway.
The west end of Brinkworth village is Causeway End. The civil parish of Brinkworth includes the hamlets of Braydon Side, Callow Hill, The Common, and the tithing of Grittenham, a rural community to the south of the village of Brinkworth.
The village stands on a ridge overlooking the Dauntsey Vale to the south. The Woodbridge Brook, a tributary of the Bristol Avon, passes to the north of the village and another tributary of the Avon, the Brinkworth Brook, passes to the south. The Thunder Brook joins the Brinkworth Brook north of Grittenham.
Brinkworth Manor was given to Malmesbury Abbey by the nobleman Leofsige, sometime before the Domesday Book survey. The abbey held the land until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, at which time it was granted to William Stumpe. It then passed into the family of the Earl of Berkshire and Suffolk, until it was sold privately between 1858 and 1960. It is likely that the other estate of Brinkworth mentioned in the Domesday, that held by Tochi, survived through the ensuing centuries as separate, smaller estates within the northern section of the parish (probably including Clitchbury Farm, Waldron's Farm and Whitehouse Farm). Grittenham is mentioned separately in the survey and was held at the time by Malmesbury Abbey. Following the dissolution it was granted to John Aycliffe, from whom it descended to the Lords Holland, who sold it privately at the end of the nineteenth century.
The parish church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade I listed building. A church was recorded in 1151 and was linked with Malmesbury Abbey until 1539. The present church dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, and was restored by C. E. Ponting in 1902-3. St Michael's is one of six churches in the Woodbridge Group.
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