The Shoe

The Shoe
The Fosse Way enters from the left and leaves to the right in this view of The Shoe
The Shoe  The Shoe shown within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	ST809743
Civil parish	North Wraxall
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chippenham
Postcode district	SN14
Dialling code	01225
	01249
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	North Wiltshire
List of places UK England Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°28′01″N 2°16′37″W / 51.467°N 2.277°W / 51.467; -2.277

The Shoe is a hamlet in the parish of North Wraxall, in the north-west of Wiltshire in England. It is situated a few miles north of Bath, at the junction of the Fosse Way (the old Roman road from Exeter to Lincoln) and the A420 (running from Bristol to Oxford). The Shoe is named after the inn called The Horse-shoe.^[1]

Facilities

The Shoe Inn's sign now hangs in a private garden

There is a natural spring, which could suggest a historical settlement of some sort. The Shoe Inn, marked on the 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey map, has now become a private house, although a board for public notices and a post box are still outside; there was a public telephone box but this has now been relocated to the grounds of the Community Hall. There is a garage, a row of cottages ("Fosse Cottages") and a few larger houses. Just off the Fosse Way, about 400 yards north of the A420 junction, lies the North Wraxall Village Hall, called the Community Hall, offering a playgroup and other amenities.

References

• G M Boumphrey, Along the Roman Roads, Allen & Unwin, London, 1935