Pitton
| Pitton | |
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 White Hill, Pitton | |
  Pitton Location within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 751 (parish, in 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU212313 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode district | SP5 |
| Dialling code | 01722 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Parish Council |
Pitton is a village in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Salisbury, just off the A30 London Road.
History
[edit]A Roman road (now a bridleway) forms the northern boundary of the parish and is a scheduled monument.[2]
Local government
[edit]The civil parish of Pitton and Farley encompasses the villages of Pitton and Farley. The parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
Churches
[edit]The Anglican Church of St Peter is Grade II* listed.[3][4] It dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1878–80 by Ewan Christian. There is a window by C.E. Kempe. The church was a chapelry of Alderbury until 1874 when the parish of Farley with Pitton was established, with Farley church as the parish church.[5] Today the parish is one of the ten covered by the Clarendon team ministry.[6]
A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1888 and extended with a schoolroom in 1934.[7] From 2008 to 2011 the building housed an independent school (Milford Park School) and in 2013 it was converted into two residential dwellings.[8]
Amenities
[edit]The village has a shop and post office, a pub (The Silver Plough), a park, a village hall and a small recreation ground. Pitton CE Primary School is on the western edge of the village.[9]
The Clarendon Way recreational footpath between Salisbury and Winchester passes through the village.
Buses into Pitton are run by Wilts & Dorset, serving two bus stops (one by the park, one at the crossroads). The main buses are the 88 & 89 to Winterslow, although there is also an X87.
References
[edit]- ^ "Pitton and Farley (Parish) - Population Density, 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Roman road between A30 and Winterslow Corner (1005645)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter, Pitton and Farley (1135702)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Church of St. Peter, Pitton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "No. 24157". The London Gazette. 1 December 1874. pp. 5992–5995.
- ^ "St Peter's Church, Pitton". The Clarendon Team. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Pitton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Planning Decision S/2012/1387/FULL" (PDF). Wiltshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Pitton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School". www.pitton.wilts.sch.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
External links
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Media related to Pitton at Wikimedia Commons
- "Pitton & Farley". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- Pitton and Farley Parish Council
- Pitton and Farley community website
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