Fyfield is a small hamlet about east of
Pewsey,
Wiltshire, England.
It is to be distinguished from the larger village of
Fyfield, three miles west of Marlborough, also in Wiltshire; the two places are only about six miles apart. It should also be distinguished from the hamlet of
Fifield, in Enford parish about six miles south of Pewsey.
Fyfield is a
tithing of the parish of
Milton Lilbourne. It is typical of the strip tithings on the northern edge of
Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering . It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk Group and largely lies wi ...
: it extends from the
greensand on the valley floor to the chalk downland of Fyfield Hill (confusingly also known as Fyfield Down, but to be distinguished from
Fyfield Down
Fyfield Down () is part of the Marlborough Downs, about north of the village of Fyfield, Wiltshire. The down is a 325.3 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1951. The down has the best assemblage of ...
on the
Marlborough Downs, near the other Fyfield).
Fyfield Manor has parts which date back to the 15th century and is
Grade I listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
It was the home of
Sir Anthony Eden in the 1960s, then sold in 1966 to
Charles Morrison
Sir Charles Andrew Morrison (25 June 1932 – 9 May 2005) was a British landowner and Conservative politician. He sat as Member of Parliament for Devizes from 1964 until 1992.
Early life
Morrison was the son of John Morrison, a Wiltshire lan ...
.
References
External links
Milton Lilbourneat Wiltshire Community History
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Hamlets in Wiltshire
Country houses in Wiltshire