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5 unusual facts about Fisherton Delamere


Fisherton Delamere

The Church of England parish church, St Nicholas's Church, built in the 14th century in a chequerboard pattern of flint and Chilmark stone, sits on a hill overlooking the River Wylye at the centre of the village.

Fisherton Delamere, also spelt Fisherton de la Mere and Fisherton Delamare, is a small village and former civil parish on the River Wylye, Wiltshire, England.

The civil parish, was extinguished in 1934, when Fisherton was transferred to Wylye, and Bapton to Stockton.

The parish came to an end in 1934 and was divided between Wylye and Stockton, the latter gaining the hamlet of Bapton, while the village of Fisherton Delamere retained a separate identity within Wylye.

Almost all of the present village of Fisherton Delamere is now part of the parish of Wylye.



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