Heddington
| Heddington | |
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 St Andrew's Church |
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 Heddington
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| Heddington shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 456 (in 2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST999663 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CALNE |
| Postcode district | SN11 0 |
| Dialling code | 01380 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Heddington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England 3 miles (5 km) south of Calne. The parish includes the hamlet of Heddington Wick.
King's Play Hill is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest within the parish.
On King's Play Hill, east of Heddington village, are a Neolithic long barrow and two bowl barrows.
The northern boundary of the parish follows the Roman road from London to Bath. In the early medieval period, the same course was followed by the Wansdyke earthwork.
In the 17th and 18th centuries the London-Bath road followed part of the southern boundary of the parish, where it climbed Beacon Hill. This route declined from the mid-18th century in favour of the road through Calne.
A small estate called Splatts originated with land purchases in the 1620s by Robert Child, whose son Francis was the founder of one of the first London banks, Child & Co. The land descended in the Child family and in 1729 Splatts House was built for another Francis Child on his marriage to Priscilla Brooke. The estate continued as the seat of the Childs until 1780 when it was superseded by Osterley Park, London.
A small school, with attached house, was built in the village c. 1833, became a National School in 1860, and was attended by 45-50 children in the 1870s.
There was a church at Heddington c. 1130, when it was given to Monkton Farleigh Priory. The Church of England parish church of St Andrew dates from a 13th-century rebuilding and the south arcade survives from that period; the north arcade is from the 14th. The tower is 15th-century and the building was restored in 1840-1 and 1976. The font may be from the 12th century or may be an 1840s copy. The tower has six bells, of which one is dated 1605 and three 1741. The building was designated as Grade II* listed in 1960.
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