Berwick St Leonard

Berwick St Leonard is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 45.[1]

St Leonard's Church was built in the 12th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building[2] and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3] The manor was held by Shaftesbury Abbey's manor of Tisbury.[4] The church was built of flint and limestone, in the 12th century. By the 19th century the fabric of the building was decaying and, in 1859 a major restoration was undertaken. The font and a sculptured relief of the Lamb of God over the south doorway date from the Norman era.[3] The church was closed in 1966[5] and declared redundant in 1973[2] and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

References

  1. ^ "Area selected: Salisbury (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790551. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Church of St. Leonard". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=320783. 
  3. ^ a b "St Leonard, Berwick". Churches Conservation Trust. http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/findachurch/st-leonard-berwick/. Retrieved 3 October 2010. 
  4. ^ "Parishes: Berwick St Leonard". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 13: South-west Wiltshire: Chalke and Dunworth hundreds. British History Online. 1987. pp. 100–105. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=116117. Retrieved 3 October 2010. 
  5. ^ "Fonthill Bishop". Nadder Valley Focus. http://www.nadderfocus.co.uk/village_pages/fonthill_bishop.html. Retrieved 3 October 2010. 

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