page_title: Figheldean
section_title: Religious sites
hierarchical_section_title: Figheldean / Religious sites
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Michael and All the Angels, Figheldean
context_page_description: Figheldean is a village and civil parish on the River Avon, 3 ¹⁄₂ miles north of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England.
  Figheldean parish extends 3 miles east of the village towards Tidworth as far as Devil's Ditch and 3 miles westwards beyond Larkhill towards Shrewton as far as Robin Hood's Ball. The parish includes the hamlets of Ablington and Alton. Approximately 1 mile to the north is Netheravon and 1.5 miles to the south is Durrington. The A345 main road between Salisbury and Marlborough passes through the parish to the west of the village.
  Figheldean is situated on Salisbury Plain, which supports many nationally rare species and is the largest area of unimproved chalk grassland in northern Europe.
context_section_description: The Church of England parish church of St Michael and All Angels dates from the 12th century, when it had a nave and a west tower. The surviving feature from that period is the tower arch, following rebuilding and expansion in the next three centuries; in the 15th century the nave roof was raised and the chancel added. The chancel was restored in 1858-9 by Ewan Christian, and the rest of the church was restored in 1859-60 by J.W. Hughall, whose work included heightening the tower and building the vestry.
  The tower has two bells from the 16th century and one from the 18th. The church was designated as Grade II* listed in 1958. Today Figheldean is part of the Avon River Team of parishes.
  Primitive Methodists were active by 1838 and built a small chapel, of brick and flint, in 1882. The chapel closed sometime before 1971 and became a private house. There was a Catholic church near the airfield, mainly for military personnel, from c. 1934 until 1985 or 1986.
caption: Church of St Michael and All Angels
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