Dauntsey
Sign in to saveDauntsey is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It gives its name to the Dauntsey Vale in which it lies. The village is set on slightly higher ground in the floodplain of the upper Bristol Avon.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dauntsey
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dauntsey primary school - geograph.org.uk - 299923.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- 19th-century school and almshouses, Dauntsey
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Dauntsey
- UK place.population
- 581
- UK place.population_ref
- (in 2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Cotswolds
- UK place.post_town
- CHIPPENHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wiltshire
- Population
- +590
- Official website
- www.dauntsey.org
- Image
- Dauntsey primary school - geograph.org.uk - 299923.jpg
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Descent of the manor
- Dauntsey family
- Stradling
- Danvers
- Mordaunt
- Meux
- St James the Great Church
- Economy
- Transport
- Amenities
- Sources
- References
- External links
Dauntsey is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It gives its name to the Dauntsey Vale in which it lies. The village is set on slightly higher ground in the floodplain of the upper Bristol Avon.
Today, the parish is split by the M4 motorway, with a chain of historic smaller settlements spread either side. Dauntsey Green is north of the motorway, along with Dauntsey Church at the entrance to Dauntsey Park; to the south are '''Greenman's Lane, Sodom and Dauntsey Lock'. Dauntsey Lock is on the Wilts & Berks Canal (presently being restored), the course of which runs alongside the Bristol-London mainline railway.