Winterbourne Dauntsey is a village in

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, England, in the

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valley on the A338 road about northeast of

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. The village adjoins

Winterbourne Earls Winterbourne Earls is a village in Wiltshire, England. The village is in the Bourne valley on the A338 road, about northeast of Salisbury. The village adjoins Winterbourne Dauntsey. It is part of the civil parish of Winterbourne, formed in ...

and

Winterbourne Gunner Winterbourne Gunner is a village in Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Salisbury. The village is near the River Bourne, Wiltshire, River Bourne and the A338 road and is close to Winterbourne Dauntsey. It is part of the Civil parishes in Eng ...

. It is part of the

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of Winterbourne, formed in 1934 by amalgamating the three ancient parishes. The name ''Winterbourne'' comes from the River Bourne, which flows through all three villages in winter and tends to dry up in summer, while ''Dauntsey'' comes from Roger Danteseye, who was the lord of the manor in 1242.

Churches

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chapel was built in the late 18th century, and continues in use as Bourne Valley Methodist Church. The local

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is St Michael and All Angels at Winterbourne Earls, built following the 1867 demolition of St Edward's (consecrated in 1326) at Winterbourne Dauntsey.

Notable buildings

The Manor House, constructed around 1720 on the main road through the village, is built of Flemish bonded brick with a tiled roof. It has two storeys, attics and basement. The front has seven bays with a central doorway approached by eight steps, and there are back-swept wings at either end of the building, making a semi-enclosed courtyard to rear. The interior has a central hall with arched stair, and panelled dining and drawing rooms on either side. Some of the bedrooms are also panelled. The house is

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, and the roadside brick walls and iron gates (of similar date) and a timber-framed former granary (18th century or early 19th) are also listed. Peacock Cottages, two thatched cottages built in the 15th century as one house, are also Grade II* listed.

Facilities

The village has a

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, the Winterbourne Arms. The local school, for children up to the age of 11, is Winterbourne Earls CofE Primary School. The

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long-distance footpath passes through the village.

References

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