Tytherington, Wiltshire

Human settlement in England

Heytesbury

Unitary authority

Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Region

South West

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South West Wiltshire

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List of places: UK; England; Wiltshire

51°10′12″N 2°07′16″W / 51.170°N 2.121°W / 51.170; -2.121

Tytherington is a small village in Wiltshire, in the southwest of England. It lies on the south side of the Wylye valley, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) southeast of the town of Warminster and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the larger village of Heytesbury. Most of the village is now part of the civil parish of Heytesbury although a few houses in the west are within the parish of Sutton Veny.

John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) said of Tytherington:

TYTHERINGTON, a parish in Warminster district, Wilts; 1 mile S by W of Heytesbury r. station. Post town, Warminster. Acres, 1,650. Real property, £1,137. Pop., 111. Houses, 23. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported – Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury.^[1]

The small Anglican Church of St James is Grade II* listed. A church was founded here in the early 12th century but the present building is mainly from the 16th, and was restored in 1891 by C.E. Ponting.^[2] It has always been a chapel of St Peter and St Paul at Heytesbury; it has no graveyard.^[3] Today the parish is served by the Upper Wylye Valley team ministry.^[4]

Manor Farmhouse, at the north entrance to the village, is a 4-bay 2-storey house from the early 18th century, extended and altered in the 19th.^[5] In the Sutton Veny part of the village, Ashbys (formerly Tytherington Farmhouse) carries a date of 1771;^[6] nearby are a dovecote dated 1810^[7] and a granary and stable of similar date.^[8]

Tytherington Down is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

References

^ Tytherington at visionofbritain.org.uk
^ Historic England. "Church of St. Jame (1036375)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "Church of St. James, Tytherington, Heytesbury". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "Church of St James Tytherington". The Upper Wylye Valley Team. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ Historic England. "Manor Farmhouse with railings (1198237)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ Historic England. "Ashbys (1036434)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ Historic England. "Dovecote at Ashbys (1183684)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ Historic England. "Granary and stable at Ashbys (1364345)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 February 2017.