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Orcheston

Orcheston

Orcheston (OR-Chest-ton) is a civil parish and village in , England, lying on less than a mile north-west of neighbouring .
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  • Type: Village with 339 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Wiltshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Orcheston, Wiltshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St George’s Church, Orcheston and Appleford School.

Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St George's Church in Orcheston, , England, was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

School
is a private specialist dyslexia school near in , England.

Church
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St Mary's Church in the area of , , in the west of England, was built in the late 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tilshead and Cursus Barrows.

Village
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the county of in Southern England, about 9 miles northwest of the town of . It is close to the geographical centre of , on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of and and is near the source of the River Till. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Orcheston.

Locality
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The is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the , in Wiltshire, England. is situated 4 miles southeast of Orcheston.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of , about 7 miles east of the town of . is situated 4 miles west of Orcheston.

Orcheston

Latitude
51.20695° or 51° 12′ 25″ north
Longitude
-1.91613° or 1° 54′ 58″ west
Population
339
Elevation
279 feet (85 metres)
Open location code
9C3W634M+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 340474117
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640947
Wiki­data ID
Q2675599
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Orcheston” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Орчестон”
  • Cebuano: “Orcheston”
  • Chinese: “Orcheston”
  • Dutch: “Orcheston”
  • French: “Orcheston”
  • Irish: “Orcheston”
  • Italian: “Orcheston”
  • Japanese: “オーチェストン”
  • Ladin: “Orcheston”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Orcheston”
  • Polish: “Orcheston”
  • Swedish: “Orcheston”
  • Turkish: “Orcheston”
  • “Orcheston”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Orcheston Village Hall and St Mary’s Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Orcheston”. Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.