Landford

Landford
Landford

 Landford shown within Wiltshire
OS grid reference SU2569718849
Unitary authority Wiltshire
Ceremonial county Wiltshire
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ROMSEY
Postcode district SP5 2A
Police Wiltshire
Fire Wiltshire
Ambulance Great Western
EU Parliament South West England
List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire

Landford is a village and civil parish 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 1,142.[1] It is the most eastern settlement in the county of Wiltshire.

The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew was built in 1858 to designs by the Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield.[2]

The village has a public house, the Landford Poacher.[3] Landford has a village shop and post office. The village used to have a bakery but it closed in 2007.

Notable people

Nigel Anderson of Landford was a leading resident of Wiltshire during the 1970s and 1980s, chairman of Wiltshire County Council and High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

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. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 291. ISBN 0 14 0710.26 4. 
  3. ^ The Landford Poacher

External links

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