Chicklade
Encyclopedia
Chicklade is a small village
in the County of Wiltshire
, in the south west of England
.
.
Parish register
s survive from 1722 and are kept in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.
The poet William Lisle Bowles
was vicar
of Chicklade from 1792 to 1797.
John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
(1870-1872) describes Chicklade as follows:
On 22 October 1963, the prototype aircraft BAC One-Eleven
G-ASHG flown by Mike Lithgow
entered a deep stall and crashed near Chicklade, with the death of seven crew. (See 1963 BAC One-Eleven test crash
)
A very detailed history of the parish is included in Volume XIII (1987) of the Wiltshire Victoria County History
.
unitary authority
, with its headquarters in Trowbridge
, which is responsible for all significant local government
functions. The village is represented in Parliament
by the Member
for the Salisbury constituency
, Robert Key
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the County of 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...
, in the south west of 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...
.
History
Chicklade is centred on its medieval parish churchChurch of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
.
Parish register
Parish register
A parish register is a handwritten volume, normally kept in a parish church or deposited within a county record office or alternative archive repository, in which details of baptisms, marriages and burials are recorded.-History:...
s survive from 1722 and are kept in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.
The poet William Lisle Bowles
William Lisle Bowles
William Lisle Bowles was an English poet and critic.-Life and career:He was born at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was vicar. At the age of fourteen he entered Winchester College, the headmaster at the time being Dr Joseph Warton...
was vicar
Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
of Chicklade from 1792 to 1797.
John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson. It contains a detailed description of England and Wales...
(1870-1872) describes Chicklade as follows:
CHICKLADE, a parish in TisburyTisbury-Places:*Tisbury, Wiltshire, a town in England**Tisbury railway station*Tisbury, Massachusetts, United States, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Named after Tisbury, Wiltshire....
district, Wilts; 1¼ mile N by E of Hindon, and 5 S by-W of HeytesburyHeytesburyHeytesbury is a village in Wiltshire, England, in the Wylye Valley, about three miles south of Warminster.-History:...
r. station. Post town, Hindon, under Salisbury. AcreAcreThe acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s, 1,039. Real property, with Hindon, Berwick-St. Leonard, and Fonthill-GiffordFonthill GiffordFonthill Gifford is a village in Wiltshire, England. Its population has dwindled from 493 in the 1801 Census to 120 in the 2001 Census.The current Church of England parish church of All Saints was built in 1864–66 to designs by the Gothic Revival architect T.H. Wyatt...
, £5,111. Pop., 143. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. The surface is hilly. The livingBeneficeA benefice is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services. The term is now almost obsolete.-Church of England:...
is a rectorRectorThe word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
y in the diocese of SalisburyDiocese of SalisburyThe Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England. The diocese covers Dorset and most of Wiltshire and is a constituent diocese of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Salisbury and the diocesan synod...
. Value, £230. Patron, the Marquis of BathJohn Thynne, 4th Marquess of BathJohn Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath , styled Viscount Weymouth between March and June 1837, was a British diplomat and a peer for almost sixty years.-Background and education:...
. The church is good.
On 22 October 1963, the prototype aircraft BAC One-Eleven
BAC One-Eleven
The British Aircraft Corporation One-Eleven, also known as the BAC-111, BAC-1-11 or BAC 1-11, was a British short-range jet airliner of the 1960s and 1970s...
G-ASHG flown by Mike Lithgow
Mike Lithgow
Michael John "Mike" Lithgow, OBE was a British aviator and chief test pilot for Vickers Supermarine. He became the holder of the World Absolute Air Speed Record in 1953 flying a Supermarine Swift but died when the prototype BAC One-Eleven airliner crashed in 1963.- Second World War :Joined Fleet...
entered a deep stall and crashed near Chicklade, with the death of seven crew. (See 1963 BAC One-Eleven test crash
1963 BAC One-Eleven test crash
The accident happened on the 22 October 1963 when a BAC One-Eleven took off from Wisley Airfield. There were seven crew on board the aircraft, the pilot was Mike Lithgow...
)
A very detailed history of the parish is included in Volume XIII (1987) of the Wiltshire Victoria County History
Wiltshire Victoria County History
The Wiltshire Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic history of the county of Wiltshire in England. It forms part of the overall Victoria County History of England founded in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria...
.
Local government
Local government services are provided by the Wiltshire CouncilWiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council is the unitary authority for most of the county of Wiltshire, in the West of England, the successor authority to Wiltshire County Council and to four districts—Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire—all of which had been created in 1973 and were...
unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
, with its headquarters in Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, approximately 12 miles southeast of Bath, Somerset....
, which is responsible for all significant local government
Local government
Local government refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government...
functions. The village is represented in Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
by the Member
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the Salisbury constituency
Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Salisbury is a county constituency centred on the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system....
, Robert Key
Robert Key (politician)
Simon Robert Key known as Robert Key is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the former Member of Parliament for Salisbury, Wiltshire.-Early life:...
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External links
- Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Information: Chicklade at history.wiltshire.gov.uk