Brixton Deverill
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| Brixton Deverill shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 83 (in 2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST863388 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Warminster |
| Postcode district | BA12 |
| Dialling code | 01985 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Parish Council |
Brixton Deverill is a small village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.
The parish is in the Deverill Valley which carries the upper waters of the River Wylye. The six villages of the valley - Kingston Deverill, Monkton Deverill, Brixton, Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill and Crockerton - are known as the Deverills.
Brixton Deverill appears in the Domesday Book.
The parish elects a joint parish council with neighbouring Kingston Deverill. The combined council is Upper Deverills Parish Council.
Brixton Deverill falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
The Anglican Church of St Michael the Archangel dates from the 13th century and has a 15th-century tower; restoration was carried out in 1730 and 1862. The font from St Giles, Imber, was relocated here following the evacuation of that village in 1943. In 1968 the church was designated as Grade II* listed.
In April 2016 it was announced that the remains of a large Roman villa had been discovered in the village in February 2015. After excavations by archaeologists from Historic England and The Salisbury Museum, a mosaic floor was uncovered of a large Roman property, similar in size and structure to the great Roman villa at Chedworth, Gloucestershire. Surviving sections of walls, 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height, have confirmed that the mosaic formed part of a grand villa, thought to have been three-storeys in height, its grounds extending over 100 metres (110 yd) in width and length.
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