Stockton, Wiltshire

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Stockton is a small village in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, England.

1 Location and extent
2 Church
3 Pub
4 Schools
5 Local government
6 Population
7 Notable houses
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Location and extent

The village is close to Codford, south of the A36 road, between the town of Warminster and the city of Salisbury. Its parish includes the neighbouring hamlet of Bapton, one house (Fisherton Mill) in the village of Fisherton Delamere, and two cottages some three miles from the main village street at a remote spot called Great Bottom.

[edit] Church

St John the Baptist's Church, Stockton, is largely unrestored and in the south aisle has an early 14th-century stone effigy of a lady, believed to be the foundress of the chantry which built the aisle.

[edit] Pub

Stockton has one pub, The Carriers, in the main village street.

[edit] Schools

Stockton shares The Wylye Valley Church of England Primary School, on a site some two miles away at Cherry Orchard in nearby Codford, with several other villages. The nearest secondary schools are at Warminster and Salisbury and include Warminster School.

[edit] Local government

Most local government services are provided by Wiltshire County Council and West Wiltshire District Council, both of whom have their offices in Trowbridge, some fifteen miles to the north. Stockton also has its own elected parish council of five members.

The village is represented in Parliament by the member of parliament for Westbury, Andrew Murrison, in Wiltshire County Council by Andrew Davis, and in West Wiltshire district council by Christopher Newbury.

[edit] Population

The number of residents has dwindled from 307 at the census of 1841 to 187 in the year 2001.

[edit] Notable houses

Stockton House, a country house in Chilmark stone at the north end of the village, was built by John Topp, a local clothier, around 1603. Most of its Jacobean features have survived.

Longhall, another country house at the south end of the village, is the seat of the Yeatman-Biggs family.

The village also has several thatched cottages, some with 15th and 16th century origins.