Bemerton

Bemerton

St John's Church, Bemerton
Bemerton
 Bemerton shown within Wiltshire
OS grid referenceSU120306
Civil parishBemerton
Unitary authorityWiltshire
Ceremonial countyWiltshire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Salisbury
Postcode district SP2
Dialling code 01722
Police Wiltshire
Fire Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentSalisbury
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Coordinates: 51°04′23″N 1°48′58″W / 51.073°N 1.816°W

Bemerton, once a separate village to the west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, is now virtually a suburb of that city. George Herbert (1593–1633) was Rector of Fugglestone with Bemerton and is buried at Bemerton.

Until 1894 Bemerton was a chapelry of Fugglestone St Peter, but it was then established as a parish in its own right.

Bemerton has three Church of England parish churches. St. Andrew's was originally Norman but was largely rebuilt later in the Middle Ages.[1] St. John's is a Gothic Revival building designed by T.H. Wyatt and completed in 1861.[2] St. Michael's was consecrated in 1957.[3]

Sport and leisure

Bemerton has a Non-League football club Bemerton Heath Harlequins F.C., which plays at Westwood Recreation Ground/Moon Park on Western Way.

Notable inhabitants

George Herbert was Rector of Fugglestone with Bemerton from 1630 until his death in 1633. He is buried at St Andrew's, which contains a memorial window portraying him.

John Norris, rector from 1692 until 1711, a philosopher, poet and theologian whose metaphysics were closely associated with those of Nicolas Malebranche.

William Coxe (1748–1828), rector of Fugglestone with Bemerton from 1788 to 1828, wrote travel books, biographies of Sir Robert Walpole and others, and a history of the county of Montgomery.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, pages 106-107
  2. ↑ Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 107
  3. ↑ "St. Michael's". Bemerton Parish. Retrieved 11 April 2014.

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