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Village in Wiltshire, England
Urchfont is a rural village and civil parish in the southwest of the Vale of Pewsey and north of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles
Urchfont
Human-like decoy or mannequin placed in fields
Council, Urchfont Parish. "Urchfont Parish Council – Scarecrow Festival". Archived from the original on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2013-04-15. "Urchfont 25th Scarecrow
Scarecrow
Manor house in Wiltshire, England
51.31167°N 1.95000°W / 51.31167; -1.95000 Urchfont Manor is a manor house near the village of Urchfont in Wiltshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km)
Urchfont_Manor
2025 English local election
election on Thursday 1 May 2025". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 3 May 2025. "Urchfont and Bishops Cannings | Unitary council election on Thursday 1 May 2025"
2025 Wiltshire Council election
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Recipient of the Victoria Cross
the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. From Urchfont, Gray joined the Royal Air Force in 1929 as an apprentice airman. Trained
Thomas_Gray_(VC)
Former non-metropolitan district in Wiltshire, England
Shalbourne, Stanton St Bernard, Stert Tidcombe and Fosbury, Tidworth Upavon, Urchfont West Lavington, West Overton, Wilcot, Wilsford, Winterbourne Bassett, Winterbourne
Kennet_District
Benedictine nunnery in Winchester, Hampshire, England
Stoke, Timsbury, and Ovington in Hampshire; Coleshill in Berkshire; and Urchfont and All Cannings in Wiltshire. The Nunnery was rebuilt again after the
St_Mary's_Abbey,_Winchester
2021 UK local government election
in a 2019 by-election. Note: in 2017, Phillip Whitehead was elected in Urchfont and The Cannings Note: Carole King had previously held the seat for the
2021 Wiltshire Council election
2021_Wiltshire_Council_election
2009 UK local government election
Elections to Wiltshire Council, a new unitary authority, were held on 4 June 2009. The whole council of ninety-eight members was up for election, with
2009 Wiltshire Council election
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UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
Without North & Shurnhold; Melksham Without West & Rural; The Lavingtons; Urchfont & Bishops Cannings; Winsley & Westwood. It comprises the following areas:
Melksham_and_Devizes
Year 2018 Potterne 2nds 2017 Bear Flat 2016 Wootton Bassett 2015 Urchfont 2014 Malmesbury 2013 Purton 2012 Calne 2011 Burbage & ER 2010 Spye Park 2009
Wiltshire County Cricket League
Wiltshire_County_Cricket_League
Chalfont(s), Mottisfont, Fonthill Bishop, Fontmell Magna, Fontwell, Teffont and Urchfont). Phrase the 'fount of all wisdom/knowledge' is cognate, seen to endure
List of English words of Brittonic origin
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(2007) Kennet District Council election
Urchfont Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jonathon Seed 415 55.6 UKIP Steve Hamilton 331 44.4 Majority 84 Turnout 52.4 Conservative hold Swing
2007 Kennet District Council election
2007_Kennet_District_Council_election
Village in Wiltshire, England
of the market town of Devizes. The village lies on the B3098 Westbury–Urchfont road which skirts the edge of the Plain. The parish includes the hamlets
Market_Lavington
16/17th-century Anglican clergyman
of Urchfont, Wiltshire. The Noyes family were already established in various branches in Wiltshire during the 16th century. William Noyes of Urchfont, yeoman
William_Noyes_(priest)
Temple, London lawyer burnt 30 April 1532 Smithfield, London 9. John Bent Urchfont, Wiltshire burnt in or before April 1532 Devizes, Wiltshire 10. ... Trapnel
List of Protestant martyrs of the English Reformation
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Upper Upham Upper Woodford Upper Wraxall Upton Lovell Upton Scudamore Urchfont Vale of Pewsey Wanborough Wardour Warminster Washpool Wedhampton West Ashton
List_of_places_in_Wiltshire
British landowner and politician
Pynsent was the eldest son of Sir William Pynsent, 1st Baronet MP of Urchfont, Wiltshire, and his wife Patience Bond, daughter of John Bond, alderman
Sir William Pynsent, 2nd Baronet
Sir_William_Pynsent,_2nd_Baronet
2°05′37″W / 51.18111°N 2.09361°W / 51.18111; -2.09361 Redhorn Hill, south of Urchfont, Wiltshire. 51°18′09″N 1°54′59″W / 51.30250°N 1.91639°W / 51.30250;
List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1760
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1760
Series of riots in England
were also prominent with Pitt (the Earl of Chatham) subsidising wheat at Urchfont, Lord Bathurst at Cirencester, Lord Weymouth at Warminster and Earl Fortescue
1766_food_riots
2°05′37″W / 51.18111°N 2.09361°W / 51.18111; -2.09361 Redhorn Hill, south of Urchfont, Wiltshire. 51°18′09″N 1°54′59″W / 51.30250°N 1.91639°W / 51.30250;
List of acts of the 1st session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain
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British royal recognitions
(Llandrinio, Powys) Lester Eves. For services to the Urchfont Parish Church and to the community in Urchfont, Wiltshire. (Devizes, Wiltshire) Richard John Farn
2000_New_Year_Honours
Local government elections in Wiltshire, England
Urchfont By-Election 17 February 2000 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative 390 71.0 +71.0 Liberal Democrats 145 26.4 −12.7 Labour 14 2.6 −9.4 Majority
Kennet District Council elections
Kennet_District_Council_elections
English landowner and politician
Sir William Pynsent or Pinsent, 1st Baronet (1642–1719), of Urchfont, Wiltshire, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons
Sir William Pynsent, 1st Baronet
Sir_William_Pynsent,_1st_Baronet
2017 UK local government election
Urchfont and The Cannings Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Philip Whitehead 1,156 71.8 +22.1 Liberal Democrats John Nicholas Merrett 256 15.9 n/a
2017 Wiltshire Council election
2017_Wiltshire_Council_election
Manors of Mechen-Iscoed and Plas y Dinas, in the County of Montgomery. Urchfont and Beechingstoke (Wiltshire) inclosures. 29 Geo. 3. c. 18 Pr. 19 May 1789
List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1789
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Village in Wiltshire, England
from place-name evidence, may lie at Wickham Green on the boundary with Urchfont some 2 km north of Kestrels.[citation needed] Easterton's toponym is derived
Easterton
Seend, Shalbourne, Tidworth, Perham Down and Ludgershall South, Upavon, Urchfont, West Selkley. North Wiltshire: Ashton Keynes and Minety, Box, Bremhill
List of electoral wards in England by constituency
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summit Pythouse Hill 216 32 ST909289 TuMP Long Knoll North Wessex Downs Urchfont Hill 216 89 SU040555 TuMP Long Knoll North Wessex Downs Flagpole on mound
List_of_hills_of_Wiltshire
Surname list
Urch is an English-language surname that may be derived from Urchfont, a village in Wiltshire. Variant spellings include Ullrich, Ulrich and Ulrik. It
Urch
the risk of unexploded bombs. The fires merged into two large fires near Urchfont which covered an area of 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi) and 7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi) each
2022_United_Kingdom_wildfires
British musician
Tenhead (5 6 6 4) Upton Cheyney (7 4 7 4 D) Upton Scudamore (10 10 10 10) Urchfont (7 7 7 7) Wealdstone (8 7 8 7 D) West Ashton (10 10 10 10) Widford (13
John_Barnard_(composer)
Trowbridge Grove Trowbridge Lambrok Trowbridge Park Trowbridge Paxcroft Urchfont & The Cannings Warminster Broadway Warminster Copheap & Wylye Warminster
List of electoral divisions and wards in Wiltshire
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Military unit
Squadron Chirton (detachments at Melksham, Marlborough, Devizes, Lavington, Urchfont) C Squadron Chippenham (detachments at Corsham, Wootton Bassett, Malmesbury
Royal_Wiltshire_Yeomanry
Vale in Wiltshire, England
smaller villages, the larger ones including Bishops Cannings, Etchilhampton, Urchfont, Chirton, Alton Priors, Woodborough, Milton Lilbourne, Easton Royal and
Vale_of_Pewsey
2°05′37″W / 51.18111°N 2.09361°W / 51.18111; -2.09361 Redhorn Hill, south of Urchfont, Wiltshire. 51°18′09″N 1°54′59″W / 51.30250°N 1.91639°W / 51.30250;
List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1780
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1780
Ceremonial officer in Wiltshire
Thomas Estcourt, of Sherston Pinkney 1694: Sir William Pynsent, Bt of Urchfont 1695: Gifford Yerbury 1696: Joseph Houlton, of Trowbridge 1697: John Benett
High_Sheriff_of_Wiltshire
Post 1813 Demolished c.1905 Tisbury Pyt House Titt iron wind engine 1888 Urchfont 1884 1884 Wanborough 1310 1310 Westbury Courtleigh Titt iron wind engine
List of windmills in Wiltshire
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Village in Wiltshire, England
tithing was Fullaway (or Fullway), a small detached part between Stert and Urchfont, which was made a civil parish in 1857 and annexed to Stert parish in 1894
All_Cannings
Diocese of the Church of England
Mary & St Nicholas Seend: Holy Cross Southbroom: St James Stert: St James Urchfont: St Michael & All Angels Wilsford: St Nicholas Worton: Christ Church Alton
Diocese_of_Salisbury
Town in Greater Manchester, England
27 September 2007, retrieved 4 August 2007 Nevell (1997), p. 49, 74. 'Urchfont – Uxbridge', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 424–28,
Urmston
English novelist
friendly with Hamilton Rivers Pollock, Barrister, owner from 1928, of Urchfont Manor. Powys identified as a rationalist and humanist and wrote articles
Llewelyn_Powys
Professor of Physics
The school had no sixth form, and her parents moved to Wedhampton (near Urchfont), where she attended the co-educational independent school Dauntsey's School
Tara_Shears
2°05′37″W / 51.18111°N 2.09361°W / 51.18111; -2.09361 Redhorn Hill, south of Urchfont, Wiltshire. 51°18′09″N 1°54′59″W / 51.30250°N 1.91639°W / 51.30250;
List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1762
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British cricket scorer and statistician
they had a daughter. Away from TMS he lived in Wiltshire, latterly at Urchfont near Devizes, and was an accomplished after-dinner speaker, telling tales
Bill_Frindall
Historical division of Wiltshire, England
Bruce, Marden, North Newnton, Rushall, Stanton St Bernard, Stert, Upavon, Urchfont, Wilcot, Wilsford, Woodborough, and Devizes. One of the hundred's meeting-places
Swanborough_Hundred
Baptist Devizes, St Mary the Virgin Devizes, Stanton St Bernard, Stert, Urchfont, West Lavington, Worton. Fordingbridge PLU Martin, South Damerham, Toyd
List of poor law unions in England
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English local council election
Urchfont and The Cannings Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Philip Whitehead 660 49.7 UKIP Pat Bryant 445 33.5 Labour Colin Robert Hopgood 224 16
2013 Wiltshire Council election
2013_Wiltshire_Council_election
School, Sutton Veny The Trinity CE Primary Academy, Devizes Urchfont CE Primary School, Urchfont Walwayne Court School, Trowbridge Wansdyke School, Devizes
List_of_schools_in_Wiltshire
& Studley Park and garden 1851 ST 97561 69689 1000336 Conock Manor II Urchfont Park and garden 1820 SU0653457391 1001229 Corsham Court II* Corsham Landscape
Listed parks and gardens in South West England
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18th-century London-based Flemish-born sculptor
(1752) in Goodnestone, Kent Tomb of Robert Tothill and his wife (1753) in Urchfont, Wiltshire Tomb of Sir Jemmet Raymond (1754) in Kintbury, Berkshire Tomb
Peter_Scheemakers
Panell (crosses A360), Market Lavington, Easterton, Eastcott and skirts Urchfont. Originally continued to Frome; this was upgraded to the A3098. B3099 A3098
B roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
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English gentry or landed family
ECHELHAMPTON, WODHAMPTON (modern Woodhampton, Wilts.), ERCHESFONTE (modern Urchfont, Wilts.), and CONOK (modern Conock in the parish of Chirton, Wilts.), worth
Ernle
Human settlement in England
Stert is first mentioned c. 1232 and it has always been a chapelry of Urchfont parish. The church of St James stands on the highest ground in the parish
Stert
Encyclopaedic history of the county of Wiltshire in England
Bruce, Marden, North Newnton, Rushall, Stanton St Bernard, Stert, Upavon, Urchfont, Wilcot (with Oare), Wilsford, Woodborough), and Devizes. Volume XI (1980):
Wiltshire Victoria County History
Wiltshire_Victoria_County_History
671154°W / 51.492708; -1.671154 (Upham House) 1200440 More images Urchfont Manor Urchfont, Wiltshire House 15th century 19 March 1962 SU0358356962 51°18′42″N
Grade II* listed buildings in Wiltshire (P–Z)
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attached Railings) 1181825 More images Church of St Michael and All Angels Urchfont Anglican Church 1864 19 March 1962 SU0407357305 51°18′53″N 1°56′35″W /
List of Grade I listed buildings in Wiltshire
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Precentor of Chichester Cathedral 1629 - 1631 Rector of Everden 1638 Rector of Urchfont, Wiltshire 1644. He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel
David_Stokes_(priest)
District Upton Scudamore 295 9.52 Warminster and Westbury Rural District Urchfont 1,075 19.28 Devizes Rural District Warminster (town) 17,490 22.90 Warminster
List of civil parishes in Wiltshire
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British landowner and politician (1811–1902)
four sons and seven daughters from their marriage. Watson-Taylor lived at Urchfont Manor from about 1850 to 1862. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs –
Simon Watson-Taylor (landowner)
Simon_Watson-Taylor_(landowner)
of Kinlett, Shropshire Vicar of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire Vicar of Urchfont, Wiltshire, 1800 Vicar of Nether Stowey, Somerset 1801 Vicar of Edlesborough
Edward_Northey_(priest)
British para-sprinter and long jumper
medals at the IWAS Junior Championships at the age of 14. Maton attended Urchfont C of E Primary School and went on to complete her GCSEs and A Levels at
Polly_Maton
British government recognitions
Broadcast Journalism. (London) Miss Elizabeth Ruth Templar. Headteacher, Urchfont CE Primary School, Wiltshire. For services to Education. (Devizes, Wiltshire)
2002_Birthday_Honours
Argyll and Bute 56°06′N 6°13′W / 56.10°N 06.21°W / 56.10; -06.21 NR3898 Urchfont Wiltshire 51°19′N 1°56′W / 51.31°N 01.94°W / 51.31; -01.94 SU0457 Urdimarsh
List of United Kingdom locations: Uppi-Uz
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Wiltshire 51°19′N 2°03′W / 51.32°N 02.05°W / 51.32; -02.05 ST9658 Townsend (Urchfont) Wiltshire 51°18′N 1°56′W / 51.30°N 01.94°W / 51.30; -01.94 SU0456 Town's
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URCHFONT
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Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : unexplained; possibly a shortened form of Urchfont, name of a place in Wiltshire, which is named with the Old English personal name Eohrīc + funta ‘spring’, ‘well’.Germanized spelling of Slovenian Urh, from the personal name Urh, Slovenian vernacular form of Ulrik, German Udalrich.
URCHFONT
URCHFONT
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Embodiment of Spring
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
A Saint; Holy; The New House; Form of Santo
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a player on the timpani, Middle English timpan(e), a kind of drum or tambourine.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Shiva Shiva's Other Name
Biblical
redemption of the Lord
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Native American
Setting sun.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Indian
Sunrise, Elevation, Increase, Prosperity
Boy/Male
English
Rygetun - from the rye farm.
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