Netherhampton is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

, England, immediately west of the city of

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

. The village is about from the city centre.

History

In 1993 the Salisbury Hoard was excavated within the parish. These

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and

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

objects are the largest group of prehistoric metal objects ever found in Britain. Many were illicitly dug before being acquired by the

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in 1998. Netherhampton House has a central position in the village. It was built in the 17th century for the Wilton Estate and is

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. The village lies on a road which was previously the B3094 and linked the southeast of Salisbury (and main routes further south) with Wilton and the main route to the northwest. The ''Shell Guide'' of 1968 describes the church as "dangerously close to the busy main road". When this road was upgraded to the A3094, a half-mile section was built on a straighter alignment in order to bypass the village to the south.

Parish church

St Catherines Church, Netherhampton - geograph

There was a chapel at Netherhampton in 1564, when its parish was united with Wilton. The church of St Catherine was rebuilt, except for its 18th-century tower, in 1876–7 by

William Butterfield William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement (or Tractarian Movement). He is noted for his use of polychromy. Biography William Butterfield was born in Lon ...

. The tower is in Flemish bond brick with a shingled roof, while the rest is built in limestone and flint chequers under a tiled roof. Inside, the pews and octagonal stone font are by Butterworth, and the east window is by Gibbs. Since 1972 the parish name has been Wilton with Netherhampton and Fugglestone.

Geography

The northern part of the parish has

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and the

River Nadder The River Nadder is a tributary of the River Avon, flowing in south Wiltshire, England. Course The river flows north from Ludwell to West End where it is joined by the Ferne Brook, close to the Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows site of spec ...

. The village is bypassed by the A3094 road which links Quidhampton with

Harnham Harnham is a suburb of the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, centred about south of Salisbury Cathedral and across the River Avon. Harnham is split into the areas of West Harnham and East Harnham. History Early history The area has h ...

, providing a southwestern

ring road A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...

for Salisbury. Unlike the rest of the Salisbury ring road that is formed of the A36, the A3094 runs through the outer suburbs of Salisbury rather than encircling the city centre. To the west the parish borders the

Wilton House Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, which has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years. It was built on the site of the medieval Wilton Abbey. Following the dissolution o ...

estate. To the east was the ancient parish of West Harnham, separated from Netherhampton by the route of a Roman road. When West Harnham parish was abolished in 1934, its land outside the Salisbury built-up area was transferred to Netherhampton. In 1954 the urban boundary was extended to bring the expanded built-up area into Salisbury; since then development has spread further into Netherhampton parish, bringing housing and a business park. The southern part of the parish has farmland.

Amenities

The village

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

, the Victoria and Albert, is a 17th-century cottage extended in the 18th. To the south of the village are a golf club (Salisbury and South Wilts), a garden centre and

Salisbury Racecourse Salisbury Racecourse is a flat racecourse in the United Kingdom featuring thoroughbred horse racing, southwest of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Fifteen race meetings a year are held there between early May and mid-October. History Racing at t ...

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire