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597: 636: 784: 721: 162: 24: 146: 1370: 169: 739:. Draycot Foliat had its own church and parish in the medieval period, but in 1571 the Bishop of Salisbury ordered the church in Draycot to be demolished, as neither parish could sustain their own rectors any longer. As Chiseldon was the larger, Draycot was incorporated into that parish, and the materials from the church in Draycot were used to repair the church in Chiseldon. 666:. The earliest masonry is the five-bay arcades of c.1200, and the south and east windows of the chancel are also from the early 13th century. The head of a small Anglo-Saxon window is built into a pier near the south-west corner of the nave. The windows on the west side are from the 13th or 14th centuries, as is the altered south doorway. 577:
cauldrons was discovered at a site close to the centre of the village. This unique find, the largest group of Iron Age cauldrons to be discovered in Europe, was excavated in June 2005 and again in 2010. Now thought to comprise 17 cauldrons, they were taken to the British Museum for conservation and
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Chiseldon Army Camp was opened in 1914 and closed in 1962. During both World Wars it was heavily used as a training base for troops. A World War I soldier, Arthur Bullock, recorded overcrowding and appalling conditions, including, in the canteen, having to re-use tables and plates from a previous
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using 16th-century carved panels; the exterior was little changed beyond the replacement of the chancel roof at a steeper angle. The church has much stained glass from the late 19th century, and a 1939 window in the north aisle by
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built a chapel and school in the village in 1896, replacing an earlier building. The chapel was sold for residential use sometime after 1967 and Methodists share the facilities of the parish church.
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The three-stage 15th-century tower is in unusual position backing onto the south aisle, its base providing a porch. One of the six bells is from c.1399 and four are from the 17th century.
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The Chiseldon Local History Group maintains a website with information about the history of the village. They also organise a programme of lectures and have a museum in the village.
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Dunning, R. W.; Rogers, K. H.; Spalding, P. A.; Shrimpton, Colin; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1970). "Parishes: Chiseldon". In Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.).
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There are two pubs in the parish: the Patriot's Arms in the village, and the Plough Inn on the main road north of the village. There is also a social club.
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In 2017 a community governance review redrew the northern boundary of the parish to follow the M4, transferring the area to the north to the newly created
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parish. This area included the former hamlet of Coate and the modern housing development of Badbury Park, on the southeastern edge of Swindon.
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In 1923, the parishes and benefices of Chiseldon and Draycot Foliat were united. Today the parish of Chisledon with Draycott Folliatt [
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The village has a school, Chiseldon Primary School, which had 193 pupils in 2021. The village has a surgery, and two hotels, one of them
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Settlements in the area date back to prehistoric and Roman times, but Chiseldon itself was started by the
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Local shops declined in the 20th century, as in many villages, due to people shopping in larger towns (
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The spelling "Chisledon" has also been used, and continues in the name of the ecclesiastical parish.
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sitting, on which lay 'bones and chewed bits of gristle'. He also recalls being kept awake by a
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The Parish of Chiseldon encompasses not only the village but also the neighbouring hamlets of
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There are several wall monuments, 18th and 19th century, to members of the Calley family of
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was larger than Chiseldon. Chiseldon lies on one of the country's oldest highways, the
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was constructed in 1881 and ran through the centre of the village until 1961, with a
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is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the west. The parish includes the hamlets of
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One record states that the church at Chiseldon was granted in 903 to
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Winterburn, John B (January 2008). "The Chiseldon Cauldrons".
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of 1086 recorded a large settlement of 70 households at
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An area in and around the village was designated as a
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Chiseldon Army Camp on a target dossier of the German
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