Wardour, Wiltshire
Coordinates: 51°02′13″N 2°05′20″W / 51.037°N 2.0888°W
Wardour /ˈwɔrdər/ is a settlement in Wiltshire, England, five miles to the south of Hindon. Formerly a parish in its own right, it is now part of the civil parish of Tisbury.[1]
The ruins of Wardour Castle are a prominent feature. Slighted during the English Civil War, this stronghold was replaced by New Wardour Castle, long the home of the Lords Arundell of Wardour and later that of Cranborne Chase School.
All Saints' Roman Catholic chapel, Wardour, originally belonged to the Arundells' household. It was enlarged in 1788 by the eighth Lord Arundell to the designs of John Soane. The chapel still has regular services and is also used for musical events.
John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) said of Wardour:
WARDOUR, a parish in Tisbury district, Wilts; 2¼ miles WSW of Tisbury r. station. Post town, Tisbury, under Salisbury. Acres and real property returned with Tisbury. Pop., 710. Houses, 119. W. Castle is the seat of Lord Arundell of W.; was built in 1776-89; is in the Grecian style, with a centre and crescent wings; has a rotunda staircase, 144 feet round; contains a rich collection of paintings and other works of art; and stands in a finely wooded park, about 5 miles in circuit. An ancient castle here was built by the Martins, before the time of Edward III; passed, through the Lovells, the Touchets, the Audleys, and others, to the Arundells; was the birthplace of Lord Chief Justice Hyde, of the 16th century; and was besieged, captured, and ruined, in the civil wars of Charles I. The living is annexed to Tisbury; and the parish contains the Tisbury workhouse.[2]
References
- ↑ Wardour at genuki.org.uk, accessed 14 November 2011
- ↑ Rev. John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872)
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