Chicklade is a small village and

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. The village is on the

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, about south of

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. The parish includes the hamlet of Upper Pertwood. The Great Ridge Wood, formerly also known as Chicklade Wood, is less than a mile north of the village, just over the parish boundary.

History

John Marius Wilson's ''

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'' (1870–72) describes Chicklade as follows:

CHICKLADE, a parish in Tisbury district, Wilts; 1¼ mile N by E of Hindon, and 5 S by-W of
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r. station. Post town, Hindon, under Salisbury.
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s, 1,039. Real property, with Hindon, Berwick-St. Leonard, and Fonthill-Gifford, £5,111. Pop., 143. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. The surface is hilly. The living is a
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y in the
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. Value, £230. Patron, the Marquis of Bath. The church is good.

On 22 October 1963 the prototype

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aircraft ''G-ASHG'' flown by Mike Lithgow entered a

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and crashed near Chicklade, killing all seven crew. (See

1963 BAC One-Eleven test crash The 1963 BAC One-Eleven test crash was a fatal accident of a British Aircraft Corporation prototype aircraft on 22 October 1963, near Chicklade in Wiltshire, England while it was undertaking a test flight. All seven crew members on board the ...

)

Churches

The

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of All Saints was built in 1832 to designs in 12th-century style by J.B. Papworth. It stands on the site of a 12th-century church. The poet

William Lisle Bowles William Lisle Bowles (24 September 17627 April 1850) was an English priest, poet and critic. Life and career Bowles was born at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was vicar. At the age of 14 he entered Winchester College, where ...

was Vicar of Chicklade 1792–97. Pertwood also had a 12th-century church, St Peter's, which was rebuilt in 1872. The ecclesiastical parish of Pertwood was separate until 1899 when it was united with Chicklade, then in 1921, Chicklade with Pertwood was united with Hindon parish. The church at Pertwood was declared redundant in 1972.

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s for Chicklade survive from 1722 and are kept in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

Local government

The civil parish does not elect a parish council. Instead the first tier of local government is a

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, which all electors are entitled to attend. The parish is in the area of

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, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

References

Sources and further reading

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External links

Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Information: Chicklade
at history.wiltshire.gov.uk
Chicklade
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