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Alton Priors

Alton is a civil parish in , England. The parish includes the adjacent villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors, and the nearby hamlet of Honeystreet on the .
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Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Wiltshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Alton Priors, Wiltshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include All Saints Church and Adam’s Grave.

Church
Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
in Alton Priors, , England, dates from the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and is now in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.

Archaeological site
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adam's Grave was a Neolithic long barrow near in , southwest England. Its remains have been scheduled as an ancient monument. The barrow is considered to be of the Severn-Cotswold tomb type.

Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lies on the northern rim of the , in northern , England, about a mile north of the village of Alton Priors. At the top of the hill is a causewayed enclosure, a form of Neolithic earthwork that was constructed in England from about 3700 BC onwards, characterized by the full or partial enclosure of an area with ditches that are interrupted by gaps, or causeways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton Barnes and Woodborough.

Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alton is a civil parish in , England. The parish includes the adjacent villages of and Alton Priors, and the nearby hamlet of Honeystreet on the .

Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in the , , England, about 3.5 miles west of .

Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in , England, in the parish of . It is in the and is about 3 miles west of . There is a pub, the Seven Stars Inn. is situated 2 miles south of Alton Priors.

Alton Priors

Latitude
51.35909° or 51° 21′ 33″ north
Longitude
-1.84248° or 1° 50′ 33″ west
Elevation
443 feet (135 metres)
Open location code
9C3W9555+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1407398367
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2657404
Wiki­data ID
Q2804492
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Alton Priors” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Alton Priors”
  • Irish: “Alton Priors”
  • Ladin: “Alton Priors”
  • Polish: “Alton Priors”
  • Swedish: “Alton Priors”
  • “Alton Priors”

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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 “Alton Priors”. Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.