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north of Mere) became part of the Salisbury-Exeter road, following the route of the present A30 towards Shaftesbury. By 1788 the present lower-level route was in use instead of the ridgeway.
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Population of the parish peaked around the time of the 1841 census when 900 were recorded, then fell steadily until stabilising at around half that number in the mid-20th century.
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were once part of a single Donhead estate. By c. 1200 Donhead St Andrew had a church, and the 'St Andrew' suffix was in use in 1240.
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in 1966. In 1980 the benefice was united with Donhead St Mary and Charlton; today the parish is part of the Benefice of St Bartholomew.
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Opposite the church stands Donhead House, a former rectory built in the early 18th century and enlarged in the early 20th for Sir
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included the rebuilding of the chancel and tower. The tower has four bells, the oldest from the 15th century.
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Church of St Andrew has 12th-century origins and was extended and remodelled in the 14th, 15th and 17th.
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The ridgeway which enters the parish from the east at White Sheet Hill (not to be confused with
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in the 17th century after the partial destruction of the castle in the Civil War.
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at the church until 1792. A wall tablet is a memorial to Captain
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Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1987). Crowley, D.A. (ed.).
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The Wardour estate occupies the northeast of the parish.
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A school was built near the church in 1835 and became a
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Village Design Statement, c. 2004, reviewed 2013
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Donhead St Andrew is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
ST916247
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SP7
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
South West Wiltshire
Parish Council
UK
England

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