Sherrington
| Sherrington | |
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 Sherrington Pond |
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 Sherrington
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| Sherrington shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 66 (in 2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST959391 |
| • London | 88 mi (142 km) ENE |
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| Region | |
| 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 |
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Sherrington is a small village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire, England.
The part of the Great Ridge Wood known as Snailcreep Hanging lies entirely within Sherrington.
Sherrington is near the larger village of Codford and is near the edge of Salisbury Plain. It is 7 miles (11 km) southeast of the town of Warminster and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of the city of Salisbury.
There are a number of prehistoric barrows in the parish.
Sherrington has the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, presumed to have been made late in the 11th or early in the 12th century.
Sherrington had a parish church by 1252 and it was dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian by 1341. It was completely rebuilt in 1624 but the new building includes the early 14th century east and west windows of the original building; it is Grade I listed. It has a bellcot that was added in the 19th century.
The village has a large mill pond.
The Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorsetshire (1855) says of Sherrington:
SHERRINGTON is a township and parish on the river Wily, in the Hundred of Branch and Dole, and Warminster Union, South Wilts, 7½ miles south of Warminster station, 121½ from London, and 4 from Heytesbury. The living is a rectory, value £238, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, and in the patronage of the Rev. Arthur Fane, B. A., vicar of Warminster, to whom the manor belongs; the Rev. Mason Anderson is the incumbent. The church of St Michael is a small edifice, with a bell turret; its east and west windows are finely decorated. Population, in 1851, 189; acreage, 1,280; rateable value, £1,023. On the downs are some ancient relics.
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