Tytherington, Wiltshire Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Tytherington
Civil Parish:Heytesbury
Unitary England:Wiltshire
Lieutenancy England:Wiltshire
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:South West Wiltshire
Post Town:Warminster
Postcode District:BA12
Postcode Area:BA
Dial Code:01985
Os Grid Reference:ST916412
Coordinates:51.17°N -2.121°W
Static Image:Tytherington Dovecot - geograph.org.uk - 1180214.jpg
Static Image Caption:The 19th-century dovecote (left) and granary (right)

Tytherington is a small village in Wiltshire, in the southwest of England. It lies on the south side of the Wylye valley, about NaNmiles southeast of the town of Warminster and 1miles southwest of the larger village of Heytesbury. Most of the village is now part of the civil parish of Heytesbury although a few houses in the west are within the parish of Sutton Veny.

John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) said of Tytherington:

The small Anglican Church of St James is Grade II* listed. A church was founded here in the early 12th century but the present building is mainly from the 16th, and was restored in 1891 by C.E. Ponting. It has always been a chapel of St Peter and St Paul at Heytesbury; it has no graveyard.[1] Today the parish is served by the Upper Wylye Valley team ministry.[2]

Manor Farmhouse, at the north entrance to the village, is a 4-bay 2-storey house from the early 18th century, extended and altered in the 19th. In the Sutton Veny part of the village, Ashbys (formerly Tytherington Farmhouse) carries a date of 1771; nearby are a dovecote dated 1810 and a granary and stable of similar date.

Tytherington Down is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church of St. James, Tytherington, Heytesbury. Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. 15 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Church of St James Tytherington. The Upper Wylye Valley Team. 15 February 2017.