Upton Scudamore
| Upton Scudamore | |
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 Cattle and parish church |
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 Upton Scudamore
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| Upton Scudamore shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 295 (in 2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST866479 |
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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 |
Upton Scudamore is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 1.8 miles (3 km) north of the town of Warminster and about the same distance south of Westbury. The parish includes the hamlet of Halfway.
The village occupies a ridge which is the watershed between tributaries of the Bristol Avon and those of the Hampshire Avon. Upton Cow Down rises above the village to the north-east, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. Springs in the north of the parish are the source of the River Biss, known here as the Biss Brook.
Several bowl barrows are evidence of Bronze Age activity in the area.
Parks Court is Grade II* listed. A 15th-century house, it was altered and extended in the 17th, then restored in the 1980s.
In earlier centuries, the name of the village was often spelt Upton Skidmore. It appears on John Sexton's map of Wiltshire (1610) as simply Upton.
A church school was built in 1839, enlarged in 1871, and closed in 1925 owing to falling pupil numbers.
The village has a pub, the Angel Inn. An inn with the same name was operating in 1807, close to the site of the present establishment.
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has 12th-century origins and stands on the site of a smaller Saxon church. A tower was added in 1750 and the church was largely rebuilt in 1855 by G.E. Street. In 1968 it was designated as Grade II* listed.
Notable rectors include Thomas Owen, translator of works on agriculture, from 1779 until his death in 1812.
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