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491: 31: 467: 47: 577: 463:. The new house was at first called Stoke Park, and later Erlestoke Park and Erlestoke House. Smith landscaped the park which surrounds the village on three sides, adding a lake, and moving the houses of the village to the current High Street. Newly built estate cottages incorporated pieces of sculpture and architectural fragments from the earlier manor house; an example is Tilted Lodge, c. 1800. 54: 486:
for Lady Hannah Watson-Taylor (1818–1887), wife of Simon Watson Taylor. The building has fragments of an earlier church dedicated to St James, possibly from the 12th century; the 16th-century pulpit and five 17th-century bells are also from the earlier church. 18th-century tombs remain in the disused
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By 1859 there was a school in a building owned by the Watson-Taylors, which formerly served as the laundry for the Erlestoke Park estate. The building was extended in 1893 and came into Church ownership in 1920; children of all ages attended until 1935, when older children were transferred elsewhere.
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moved into Erlestoke House in 1939, and continued in the wings after the central part was seriously damaged by a fire in 1950. Since 1960 the site has been occupied by prison establishments which became
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1:25,000 map of 1958 shows many small buildings south of the road, opposite Erlestoke House; although the access tracks remain, the buildings are no longer standing.
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The current form of the village is largely due to Joshua Smith, who between the 1780s and the 1810s was responsible for replacing the Elizabethan
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has been the home of Erlestoke and Coulston Cricket Club since 1991. Erlestoke golf course opened in 1992, west of the village. There was a
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purchased 1,235 acres (500 ha) of land in the parish, for accommodation for personnel undergoing training in the area. The
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lived at Brouncker's Court Farm in Erlestoke from 1961 to 1989, studying at Clare College, Cambridge (1980–83) with
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in the 12th century. From the 16th until the early 18th the Brouncker family held land at Erlestoke, including
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The church is now part of the benefice of Bratton, Edington and Imber, Erlestoke, and Coulston.
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The Church of the Holy Saviour was built next to the gates of Erlestoke Park in 1880 by
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until they were divided and sold between 1907 and 1910, following the death in 1902 of
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The school closed in 1980 following the building of a new primary school at
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long-distance footpath crosses Stoke Hill in the south of the parish.
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churchyard of the former church, some 150 metres to the northeast.
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with one higher up the hill east of the village, designed by
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of Erlestoke; the first recorded grant of land was by
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The Crown was lord of the 1280: 875:; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) . 848:"Church of the Holy Saviour (1200728)" 664:"Wiltshire Community History – Census" 400:The ancient parish of Erlestoke was a 1244:Map 'Explorer 143', published by the 1160: 1137:"The George and Dragon Inn (1033868)" 715: 713: 711: 709: 707: 913:Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers 821:"Erlestoke Church of England School" 749: 747: 745: 743: 507:was built through the parish by the 753: 557: 382:and the same distance southwest of 374:, England, on the northern edge of 13: 1141:National Heritage List for England 965:National Heritage List for England 939:National Heritage List for England 852:National Heritage List for England 799:National Heritage List for England 704: 14: 1304: 1260: 1061:Long Distance Walkers Association 740: 428:(1732–1819), MP for Devizes; and 53: 1192:The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald 1161:Moore, Joanne (19 August 2016). 52: 45: 29: 1220: 1206: 1180: 1154: 1128: 1106: 1074: 1049: 1028: 1003: 978: 952: 926: 883:(2nd ed.). 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Erlestoke is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
ST964539
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Devizes
Postcode district
SN10
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Melksham and Devizes
Parish Council
UK

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