Towns & cities · South East England
Kingston Deverill
Kingston Deverill — village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Longleat · 7.2 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Kingston Deverill is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 235 people. Address: BA12. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England". Coordinates: 51.1330°, -2.2200°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Kingston Deverill is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest towns are Mere, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) to the southwest, and Warminster, about 5 miles (8 km) to the northeast. The parish and its demographic figures include the village of Monkton Deverill. To the north of the village, under the slope of Cold Kitchen Hill, is the hamlet of Whitepits. The parish is in the Deverill Valley which carries the upper waters of the River Wylye. The six villages of the valley – Kingston, Monkton, Brixton Deverill, Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill and Crockerton – are known as the Deverills.
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Background
History
The area has many bowl barrows, from the Bronze Age or earlier, including one close to the present church. On Whitepits Down is a long linear earthwork from a similar era. The site of a Romano-Celtic temple on Whitecliff Down in the north of the parish is surrounded by evidence of occupation in the Iron Age and earlier. Two Roman roads crossed at the ford at Kingston Deverill. Near one of those roads, a 1st-century copper alloy pan was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2005. Subsequent excavation by Wessex Archaeology uncovered a pit with two more pans and two copper alloy wine strainers. A small settlement of nine households was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, when the land was…
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- Coordinates
- 51.1330, -2.2200
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Kingston Deverill
- Postcode
- BA12
- Parliamentary constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Population
- 235
- Nearest railway station
- Longleat — 7.2 km
- Official site
- www.upperdeverills.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17565 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kingston Deverill (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Mary's Church - geograph.org.uk - 3373801.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kingston Deverill?
- Kingston Deverill is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA12), in the parish of Kingston Deverill.
- Is Kingston Deverill a protected site?
- Yes — Kingston Deverill is part of the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Kingston Deverill free to visit?
- Yes, Kingston Deverill is free to enter.
- How do I get to Kingston Deverill?
- The nearest railway station is Longleat, about 7.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BA12.