Urchfont
Sign in to saveUrchfont is a rural village and civil parish in the southwest of the Vale of Pewsey and north of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, about southeast of the market town of Devizes. The hamlet of '''Cuckoo's Corner is in the northwest of the village; the parish includes the hamlets of Wedhampton () and Lydeway''' (). The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 1,075.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Urchfont, The Millennium Stone - geograph.org.uk - 1403099.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Millennium Stone, Urchfont
- UK place.official_name
- Urchfont
- UK place.population
- 1075
- UK place.population_ref
- (in 2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Urchfont
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Melksham and Devizes
- UK place.post_town
- Devizes
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Kennet
- Population
- +1075
- Official website
- www.urchfont-pc.gov.uk
- Image
- Urchfont St Michaels.JPG
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- P8168
- Jens Baggesen
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Origin of the name
- Parish church
- Governance
- Amenities
- Railways
- Notable people
- The Urchfont Scarecrow Festival
- References
- External links
Urchfont is a rural village and civil parish in the southwest of the Vale of Pewsey and north of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, about southeast of the market town of Devizes. The hamlet of '''Cuckoo's Corner is in the northwest of the village; the parish includes the hamlets of Wedhampton () and Lydeway' (). The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 1,075.
Urchfont village lies mostly to the north of the B3098 road which connects Market Lavington to the A342 Devizes-Upavon road. The parish narrows as it extends southeast onto Salisbury Plain and into the military training area.