Fonthill Bishop
Fonthill Bishop is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, to the north of the Nadder valley and 9 miles south of Warminster. The Fonthill Park estate extends into the south of the parish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 100 residents
- Description: village in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints and St Leonard’s Church, Berwick St Leonard.
St Leonard’s Church, Berwick St Leonard
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Leonard's Church in Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 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.
Fonthill Splendens
Manor estate
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Fonthill Splendens was a country mansion in Wiltshire, built by Alderman William Beckford; building began in 1755 and was largely complete by 1770. The construction followed the destruction by fire of the previous Fonthill House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Chicksgrove and Teffont Magna.
Lower Chicksgrove
Hamlet
Lower Chicksgrove is a hamlet on the north bank of the River Nadder in the south of the county of Wiltshire, England, within the Vale of Wardour. It is about 2 miles east of Tisbury and 10 miles west of Salisbury. Lower Chicksgrove is situated 3 miles southeast of Fonthill Bishop.
Teffont Magna
Village
Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teffont Magna, sometimes called Upper Teffont, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Teffont, in the Nadder valley in the south of the county of Wiltshire, England. Teffont Magna is situated 3½ miles east of Fonthill Bishop.
Wardour
Hamlet
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wardour is a settlement in the civil parish of Tisbury, in Wiltshire, England, about 13 miles west of Salisbury and 4 miles south of Hindon. Wardour is situated 3½ miles south of Fonthill Bishop.
Fonthill Bishop
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.09498° or 51° 5′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.09543° or 2° 5′ 44″ westPopulation
100Elevation
358 feet (109 metres)Open location code
9C3V3WV3+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 436174221OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263242Wikidata ID
Q5465194
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Fonthill Bishop” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fonthill Bishop”
- Dutch: “Fonthill Bishop”
- French: “Fonthill Bishop”
- Irish: “Fonthill Bishop”
- Ladin: “Fonthill Bishop”
- Polish: “Fonthill Bishop”
- Swedish: “Fonthill Bishop”
- Turkish: “Fonthill Bishop”
- “Fonthill Bishop”
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Localities in the Area
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