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Semley Village School - Geograph
Semley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in Wiltshire, England, about north-east of Shaftesbury in neighbouring Dorset. The hamlet of Sem Hill lies about a quarter of a mile west of the village. In 1961 the parish had a population of 477. The River Sem, from which the village takes its name, forms part of the northern boundary of the parish. History In AD 955 King Eadwig granted land to Wilton Abbey, and Semley was probably part of that estate. In the 1530s. under Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Abbey had to surrender its lands to the Crown, including the Manorialism, manor of Semley. In 1541 Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII granted Semley to Sir Edward Bayntun and his wife Lady Isabel as part of his policy of re-allocated monastic land to his nobles. In 1572 in Queen Elizabeth's reign, Bayntun's son Francis restored Semley to the Crown, and later that year Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I granted Semley to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedgehill And Semley
Sedgehill and Semley is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, about north of the town of Shaftesbury on the main A350 road. It is in the southwest of Wiltshire and adjoins Dorset. The parish includes the villages of Sedgehill and Semley, and the hamlets of Barkers Hill (in the southeast, towards Donhead St Andrew) and Sem Hill (near Semley). The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 643. The River Sem forms part of the northern boundary of the parish, and is fed by several streams which cross the parish in a generally northeasterly direction. The Sem joins the River Nadder in the northeast corner of the parish near Wardour, Wiltshire, Wardour, and the short eastern boundary of the parish follows the course of the Nadder. Governance The parish was created in 1986 by combining formerly separate parishes. The parish elects a Parish councils in England, parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council, a Unitary authorities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
