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There was a small church at Eisey from the 12th century or earlier until its closure in 1948; the church of St Mary that was demolished in 1953 was a rebuilding of 1844. There had been a dependant chapel at Water Eaton, dedicated to St Laurence, from the 12th century or earlier until the 17th. In
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In 1896 the parish of Eisey (as it was then written) was added to Latton parish, extending it to the east and south and more than doubling its area. In 1984, after the A419 had been straightened to bypass Cricklade, land on the town's side of the road was transferred to Cricklade parish.
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In 1819, Latton was united with the neighbouring ecclesiastical parish of Eisey. In 1952 Latton was united with two Cricklade parishes, and outlying parts of the former Eisey parish were transferred to its neighbours. Today the parish is part of the Upper Thames benefice.
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of St John dates from the 12th century. The lower part of the tower, the tower arch and chancel arch are from that century, and there is a late 12th century south door; the transepts are c. 1300. 19th-century
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The ancient parish of Eisey or Eysey lay east of Latton. In the Middle Ages there were settlements at Eisey and Water Eaton, which have both dwindled to farms.
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Watercourses form several of the parish boundaries. In the northeast (also the county boundary) the boundary is the Ampney Brook; in the south, the
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The Domesday Book of 1068 recorded a settlement of some 20 households at Latone, with two mills. Land at Latton and "Esi" was held by
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and gravel from land south-west of Ermin Street was begun in the mid 1990s. Two lakes from these workings form an extension of the
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in 1922 and became a trunk road in 1946. In 1997, Latton village was bypassed to the west by a new section of the A419.
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had a creamery near Latton from 1935, which employed some 139 people in 1956; it closed in around 1996.
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until its closure in 1933. Near the village was a junction with the North Wilts Canal, a branch of the
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Gravel extraction began on a small scale in the 16th century, and extensive
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The tower has five bells, four of them dated 1709 and made by the elder
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The road which followed the route of Ermin Street was designated the
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which provided a connection to Swindon from 1819 until 1914.
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David Charles Douglas; George William Greenaway (1996).
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1819 a united parish of Latton with Eisey was created.
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Latton is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
ST093957
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SN6
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
South Cotswolds
Parish Council
UK
England

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