Tockenham
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Coordinates: 51°31′N 1°57′W / 51.51°N 1.95°W
| Tockenham | |
  Tockenham Tockenham shown within Wiltshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU039793 |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WOOTTON BASSETT |
| Postcode district | SN4 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Wiltshire |
Tockenham is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Royal Wootton Bassett, about 3 miles (4.8 km) away to the north east.
The Church of England parish church is called St Giles's and its registers survive for the following dates: Christenings 1653-1991, Marriages 1655-1999, Burials 1653-1992.[1]
Meadow Court, Tockenham, is an 18th-century country house designed by the potter-architect Nathaniel Ireson (1685–1769).[2]
A Roman villa at Tockenham was excavated by the Time Team in 1994.
A detailed parish history was published by the Wiltshire Victoria County History as part of its volume IX, Kingsbridge hundred (1970).
See also
Notes
- ↑ Tockenham at genuki.org.uk
- ↑ Binney, Marcus (2008-10-03). "Meadow Court in Wiltshire is up for sale for £2.95 million". London: The Times.
External links
- Tockenham, St Giles at achurchnearyou.com
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