West Kington
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Coordinates: 51°30′25″N 2°15′32″W / 51.507°N 2.259°W
| West Kington | |
 St Mary the Virgin parish church |
|
  West Kington West Kington shown within Wiltshire | |
| OS grid reference | ST8177 |
|---|---|
| Civil parish | Nettleton |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chippenham |
| Postcode district | SN14 |
| Dialling code | 01249 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Wiltshire |
| Website | West Kington Village, Wiltshire |
West Kington is a village in Nettleton civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is close to the county boundary with Gloucestershire and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the Gloucestershire market town of Chipping Sodbury.
PArish church
The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin has a 13th and 15th century west tower.[1] The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1856 to designs by the architect S.B. Gabriel of Bristol.[1]
Notable people
Television producer Dilys Breese retired to the village and is buried there.[2]
Film
The music video for the song The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats was filmed in West Kington.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 564. ISBN 0-14-0710.26-4 Check
|isbn=value (help). - ↑ Paine, Barry (17 October 2007). "Obituary: Dilys Breese". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ↑ Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance - Music Video
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