Wingfield, Wiltshire
Encyclopedia
Wingfield is a village
in the county of Wiltshire
, England
, United Kingdom
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of 1086-7 as Winefel, when it was held by the Bishop of Coutances
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The village church is dedicated to St. Mary http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/114594.
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...
, 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...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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History & Amenities
Wingfield is recorded in the Domesday BookDomesday 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...
of 1086-7 as Winefel, when it was held by the Bishop of Coutances
Bishop of Coutances and Avranches
thumb|[[Saint Aubert]], bishop of Avranches, was ordered by the [[Archangel Michael]] to start construction of what became [[Mont Saint Michel]]The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. Its mother church is the Cathedral of...
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The village church is dedicated to St. Mary http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/114594.