Melksham Without
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Coordinates: 51°22′16″N 2°08′20″W / 51.371°N 2.139°W
Melksham Without parish council logo on a bus stop near Berryfield
Although Shaw is a small village, it has a church and a primary school
Melksham Without is a civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. It surrounds, but does not include, the town of Melksham and is the largest rural parish in Wiltshire, with a population of 6,226 (as of 2001)[1] and an area of 29 square kilometres (7,200 acres).
The parish includes the communities of Beanacre, Berryfield, Sandridge (including Sandridge Common), Shaw, Whitley, The Spa and the sub-town of Bowerhill.
Unusually the parish shares some land in common with the parish of Broughton Gifford. The parish council operates from an office in Melksham.
See also
References
External links
- Melksham Without Parish Council – local government information, and profiles of the communities
External links
Media related to Melksham Without at Wikimedia Commons
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