Brunton, Wiltshire
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Brunton is a small hamlet
adjacent to the village of Collingbourne Kingston
in Wiltshire
. Records of Brunton's existence date back to the 10th century, under Saxon ownership, and it is near the sites of several barrows.
The hamlet has previously been known as "Collingbourne Valence", in reference to the noble family which owned it and neighbouring settlements in the 13th and 14th centuries. Brunton was not given to Hyde Abbey
at the time that Collingbourne Kingston and Aughton
were.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
adjacent to the village of Collingbourne Kingston
Collingbourne Kingston
Collingbourne Kingston is a village and civil parish about south of the market town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. It is one of several villages on the River Bourne, which is a seasonal river usually dry in summer....
in Wiltshire
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...
. Records of Brunton's existence date back to the 10th century, under Saxon ownership, and it is near the sites of several barrows.
The hamlet has previously been known as "Collingbourne Valence", in reference to the noble family which owned it and neighbouring settlements in the 13th and 14th centuries. Brunton was not given to Hyde Abbey
Hyde Abbey
Hyde Abbey was a medieval Benedictine monastery just outside the walls of Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was dissolved and demolished in 1538....
at the time that Collingbourne Kingston and Aughton
Aughton, Wiltshire
Aughton is a small hamlet adjacent to the village of Collingbourne Kingston in Wiltshire.-External links:*...
were.