Local government

West Overton forms part of the civil parish of Fyfield and West Overton

Fyfield and West Overton

Fyfield and West Overton is a civil parish comprising the adjacent villages of Fyfield, Lockeridge and West Overton, in the English county of Wiltshire.-Local government:Fyfield and West Overton is a civil parish with an elected parish council...

, which has an elected parish council. It also falls within the area of Wiltshire Council

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...

. Both councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.

Note that both the ONS website and the Explorer map (see 'Sources' below) refer to separate civil parishes for Fyfield and West Overton. However the KDC website clearly refers to a joint parish and quotes both population and council membership.

Parish church

St Michael and All Angels Church was built in 1878 and incorporates some features from the 13th century building it replaced.

Location

Position:

Nearby towns and cities: Marlborough, Swindon

Swindon

Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...

, Devizes

Devizes

Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...

Nearby villages: Fyfield

Fyfield, Wiltshire

Fyfield is a village in the English county of Wiltshire.-Local government:Fyfield forms part of the civil parish of Fyfield and West Overton, which has an elected parish council...

, Lockeridge

Lockeridge

Lockeridge is a village in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the edge of the West Woods in the Kennet Valley, west of Marlborough, east of Avebury and south of Swindon....

, East Kennett

East Kennett

East Kennett is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded a parish population of 105.-Local government:...

, West Kennett

Sources

• Wiltshire County Council Website page on West Overton, retrieved 22:10 Nov 8, 2004 (UTC).
• Kennet District Council Website page on Fyfield and West Overton Parish, retrieved 21:40 Nov 8, 2004 (UTC).
• Office of National Statistics (ONS) - List of English parishes, retrieved 14:00 Oct 3, 2004 (UTC).
• Map 'Explorer 157', published by the Ordnance Survey
  Ordnance Survey
  Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
  
  , ISBN 0-319-21782-5, revised 1997.