Hilperton

Hilperton
Parish church of St. Michael and All Angels
Hilperton Hilperton shown within Wiltshire
Population	4,284 (2001 census)^[1]
OS grid reference	ST8759
Parish	Hilperton
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Trowbridge
Postcode district	BA14
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	Great Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire

Hilperton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, and is separated by only a few fields from the town of Trowbridge. The village is on the edge of Trowbridge, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of the town centre.

There are two main parts of the village:

The old quarter, including the church, Hill Street, and the pub.
A large area of new housing constructed from 1997, mostly called Paxcroft Mead, a district often mistaken as a suburb of Trowbridge. To the West of Marsh road is the village of Hilperton Marsh, a separate entity, which has a petrol station and stores, and leads to the village of Staverton and the Canal Road Industrial Estate part of Trowbridge.

1 Local government
2 Parish church
3 Amenities
4 Crime and punishment
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Local government

Hilperton is an ancient civil parish with its own elected parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels dates from the Middle Ages but was "restored" in 1852 by T.H. Wyatt.

Amenities

Paxcroft Mead has numerous green recreational spaces and two fast food outlets, a card shop, a Budgens supermarket, a salon, a shoe shop, a pharmacy and a carpenter's. The post office and general stores in the old quarter of the village was closed in 2004, though a petrol station (including small shop) remains in place. The village hall on Whaddon Lane is the social hub of the older part of Hilperton, and the adjoining football pitch plays home to Hilperton United FC.

Crime and punishment

The village retains its blind house, and a set of stocks for the humiliation of criminals.

References

^ "Area selected: West Wiltshire (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=790552. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

External links

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