Redlynch, Wiltshire

Redlynch
Redlynch
 Redlynch shown within Wiltshire
Population 3,448 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU2021
Civil parishRedlynch
Unitary authorityWiltshire
Ceremonial countyWiltshire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Salisbury
Postcode district SP5
Dialling code 01725
Police Wiltshire
Fire Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentSalisbury
Website[http://www.redlynch.org.uk
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Coordinates: 50°59′28″N 1°42′47″W / 50.991°N 1.713°W

Redlynch is a village and civil parish about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southeast of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls immediately west and south-west of Redlynch, Lover 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Redlynch, and Hamptworth and Nomansland 3 miles (4.8 km) east and south-east of Redlynch. The village, and much of the parish, lies within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park.[2]

Redlynch was formerly part of the parish of Downton.[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1896. It was expanded in 1934 to include the former parish of Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls, split from Downton in 1923, and Nomansland.[4]

Governance

The village is part of 'Redlynch and Langford' electoral ward. The ward stretches easterly from Redlynch to Landford. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 4,719.[5]

Parish churches

The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary at Lover is a yellow brick building[6] dating from 1837.[3]

The parish church of Saint Birinus at Morgan's Vale was built as a chapel of ease to Downton in 1894-96.[3] It is a red brick Gothic Revival building with stone dressings[3] and Perpendicular Gothic style windows.[6] It was designed by the Gothic Revival architect C. E. Ponting[3] of Marlborough in the style of his architectural contemporary W. D. Caroe.[6]

Redlynch vicarage was the childhood home of Bernard Walke who served as an Anglican priest in three Cornish parishes.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011.Retrieved 15 March 2015".
  2. ↑ "National Park boundary map". New Forest National Park Authority. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Crowley, 1980, pages 19-77
  4. ↑ 'Parishes: Downton', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 11: Downton hundred; Elstub and Everleigh hundred (1980), pp. 19-77. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=115483 Date accessed: 24 April 2013
  5. ↑ "Redlynch and Landford ward 2011.Retrieved 15 March 2015".
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 381
  7. ↑ Walke, B. (2002) Twenty Years at St Hilary. Mount Hawke: Truran; pp. 11-12, 190

Sources

External links

Media related to Redlynch at Wikimedia Commons