West Dean, Wiltshire
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West Dean is a small village in Wiltshire
, England
. The village was mentioned in the Cartularium saxonicum for the year 880 as (æt) Deone, as Duene in the Domesday Book
, as Westdone in 1265, and as Westdune in 1270.
Borbach Chantry
was built in 1333. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
. The chapel was built of flint
with limestone
dressings, about 1333 by Robert de Borbach as part of a fourteenth century parish church, but is all that remains. When the church was demolished in 1868 the arcade
which connected the chapel to the church was walled up and a new south porch added. The chapel contains a series of monuments, including those to the parliamentarian John Evelyn
who died in 1684 and his family. Other memorials are to the Pierrepont family who inherited the adjacent manor house from him, which has since been demolished. The church was declared redundant in 1971.
More recently the village has seen the growth of the railway (Dean station
is still open and active), the failure of the Salisbury and Southampton Canal
system (walks exist), and the rise and fall of the MoD presence in the village.
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The village was mentioned in the Cartularium saxonicum for the year 880 as (æt) Deone, as Duene in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
, as Westdone in 1265, and as Westdune in 1270.
Borbach Chantry
Borbach Chantry
Borbach Chantry, West Dean, Salisbury, England was built in 1333. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
was built in 1333. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
Churches Conservation Trust
The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968...
. The chapel was built of flint
Flint
Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...
with limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
dressings, about 1333 by Robert de Borbach as part of a fourteenth century parish church, but is all that remains. When the church was demolished in 1868 the arcade
Arcade (architecture)
An arcade is a succession of arches, each counterthrusting the next, supported by columns or piers or a covered walk enclosed by a line of such arches on one or both sides. In warmer or wet climates, exterior arcades provide shelter for pedestrians....
which connected the chapel to the church was walled up and a new south porch added. The chapel contains a series of monuments, including those to the parliamentarian John Evelyn
John Evelyn (Parliamentarian)
Sir John Evelyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660.Evelyn was the son of George Evelyn of West Dean, a clerk in Chancery, and his wife Elizabeth Rivers, daughter of Sir John Rivers of Chafford, Kent...
who died in 1684 and his family. Other memorials are to the Pierrepont family who inherited the adjacent manor house from him, which has since been demolished. The church was declared redundant in 1971.
More recently the village has seen the growth of the railway (Dean station
Dean railway station
Dean railway station is a small station near the village of West Dean, Wiltshire , England.The station itself is on the Wessex Main Line south east of Salisbury.-Service:...
is still open and active), the failure of the Salisbury and Southampton Canal
Salisbury and Southampton Canal
The Salisbury and Southampton Canal was intended to be a 13 mile long canal in southern England from Redbridge, now a western suburb of Southampton at the head of Southampton Water, to Salisbury connecting with the Andover Canal at a junction near Mottisfont...
system (walks exist), and the rise and fall of the MoD presence in the village.
External links
- Village Design Statement, West Dean parish council, February 2009