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6 unusual facts about Wylye


Fisherton Delamere

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.

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.

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

Wylye, Wiltshire

Wylye is a village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire, England.


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Bishopstrow

Bishopstrow House originally stood between the Salisbury Road and the River Wylye.

River Wylye

The Wylye valley is a picturesque valley dotted with small chocolate box villages composed of thatched cottages and stone-built pubs.

Rowland Vaughan

An account was also published describing a similar system in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, but the name of the author is lost to history.


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