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Heddington parish adjoins Calne Without parish, and Heddington village stands 5 km. south of Calne. (fn. 1) The parish measures 686 ha. (1,695 a.) and, besides Heddington village, contains hamlets called Heddington Wick and the Splatts.
On the north the parish boundary followed the course of the Roman road between London and Bath. (fn. 2) On the south three fifths of it is marked by what was the main London-Bath road until the 18th century; (fn. 3) the boundary and the road cross the summit of Beacon Hill.
The main London-Bath road, which in the 17th century diverged from the London-Bristol road at Beckhampton, in Avebury, (fn. 9) crossed the flat downland in the south-east corner of Heddington parish, crossed the summit of Beacon Hill, and ran along the southern part of the parish boundary. It was turnpiked across the parish and along the boundary in 1713. (fn. 10) It declined in importance from the mid 18th century, from when London-Bath traffic began to use the Bristol road through Calne, (fn. 11) and was disturnpiked in 1790. (fn. 12) By 1866 the parish officers had removed some of the materials forming its surface, (fn. 13) and only the west part of it along the boundary and part of it on the downland were later tarmacadamed. A toll house of c. 1713, of red brick with stone dressings and later enlarged, survived in 1999, and two milestones remained on the course of the road across the downs. In the 18th century a Calne-Devizes road led north-south across the west part of the parish. Part of the north-south course was apparently replaced by Hitchin Lane, a straight north-east and south-west section of road presumably built c. 1713 to force Calne-Devizes traffic to pass through a turnpike gate on the London-Bath road. A new road built further west in 1790 or 1791 took Calne-Devizes traffic off the road through Heddington. Another Calne-Devizes road crosses the north-east corner of the parish. (fn. 14) Several roads give access to and from Heddington village. One leads west to join the old Calne-Devizes road at Heddington Wick, and Stockley Road leads north to join the London-Bristol road east of Calne. From a junction at the south end of the village two roads lead to the old Bath road and one, called Hampsley Road in 1999, leads north-eastwards to Calstone Wellington; two, and perhaps all three, were on their present courses in 1773; (fn. 15) none has ever been of more than local importance.
In the Middle Ages the village, which stands at the foot of the downs, apparently consisted of a church, a rectory house, two demesne farmsteads, and many smaller farmsteads. (fn. 20) In the 18th century it consisted mainly of a loose group of c. 7 farmsteads, (fn. 21) and four of the farmhouses standing then survived in 1999. Immediately north-east of the church the Manor House, formerly called Heddington House, (fn. 22) has two east-west ranges both of two storeys: the north range is of the mid 18th century and in the early 19th century was rendered and given a parapet and tripartite segment-headed windows, and the south range, apparently built shortly before 1812, has a roof supported by wrought-iron trusses designed by Thomas Pearsall & Co. (fn. 23) Church Farm, immediately east of the church, is on an L plan and of two storeys and attics; it is ostensibly of c. 1800 although of earlier origin. (fn. 24) North of the Manor House, Home Farm is a timber-framed and brick house of the 18th century and was originally three-bayed; in the 19th century the outer bays were refaced and the house was reroofed, and later a fourth bay was added. North-east of Home Farm, Manor Farm is a much altered double-pile house of the late 17th century or early 18th. It is of red brick with stone dressings, of three bays and two storeys, and incorporates re-used materials of the 16th century or early 17th; in the early 19th century the east range was largely refaced with chequered brick, and the main east front was given sashed windows and a bracketed doorhood. Other old buildings standing in the village in 1999 included the Ivy inn, which stands beside Home Farm and had been opened as a beerhouse by 1885; (fn. 25) it is a timber-framed and thatched house of one storey and a half and was apparently built in the 17th century. A timber-framed and thatched house with brick infilling and a stone end wall, standing northwest of the church, is also likely to have been built in the 17th century. In the period 1605-7 a church house was demolished and replaced by a new one. (fn. 26) Both probably stood at the edge of the churchyard beside the road north of the church where in 1841 the parish owned a pair of cottages. (fn. 27) An extended 19th-century cottage, incorporating an oeil-de-boeuf window of c. 1700, stood on the site in 1999. There was otherwise little domestic building in the 19th century in the part of the village where the farmsteads stood.
The village was extended eastwards when, between 1773 and 1820, Yew Tree Farm was built beside Hampsley Road. (fn. 34) In 1999 the farmhouse, of red brick and slate, was in use as two cottages and a residential home for the elderly.
There was a small farmstead at the west end of Heddington Wick. In 1841 the farmhouse was the house called Wick Farm in 1999. (fn. 43) It is a red-brick and stone house of the later 18th century. Wick Cottage, which stands near it, may have been the farmhouse before the later 18th century. It was built in the 15th century as a cruck-framed hall of two or more bays and with a two-storeyed chamber end incorporating an arch-braced collar truss; a south wing incorporating tie-beam trusses was added, probably in the 16th century.
The only building on the south side of the rectangle in 1841 was, near the east end, a pair of cottages, (fn. 44) possibly the apparently 19thcentury cottages which were part of a house on the site in 1999. Nearby a house was built in the 19th century and a house and stables in the late 20th century. On the north side of the rectangle a row of early 19th-century red-brick cottages survived in 1999.
On the east side of the rectangle and of the old Calne-Devizes road several cottages were standing in 1841. (fn. 45) In the late 19th century a building was in use as a workmen's club, and a mission room was built. (fn. 46) In 1999 several 19thand 20th-century cottages and houses stood there.
Beside the Calne road a little north of the commonable pasture Marsh End Farm is apparently a timber-framed house on which a new east front, of red brick with stone dressings, was built in the early 19th century.
North of Heddington village Paddock Farm was built in the 17th century. (fn. 53) The farmhouse is box-framed with square panels, re-used timbers being part of the frame; it is of two storeys and attics, has a through-passage plan, and was formerly thatched. North-east of the village buildings called Eyre Farm stood beside Stockley Road in the 19th and 20th centuries; (fn. 54) three houses were built on an adjacent site in the mid 20th century. Beside the course of the Roman road north-east of the village a small farmstead, in the 20th century called Harley Farm, and a pair of cottages had been built by 1841; (fn. 55) a few cottages and houses stood on or near their sites in 1999. West of the village a cottage was standing beside the Heddington Wick road in 1773 and 1841; (fn. 56) a small farmstead, Box Farm, was built there later (fn. 57) and the cottage was replaced by a house built in the early 20th century.
From the 17th century or earlier, cottages and small houses were built beside the roads and lanes in the parish, some of them on the verges. The rector considered that squatting on the common, presumably at Heddington Wick, remained a problem in 1866. (fn. 58) A trio and a pair of 19th-century cottages and a 19th-century nonconformist chapel stood beside the Heddington to Heddington Wick road in 1999. Beside a road west of the village Field Cottage is timber-framed and probably 16th- and 17thcentury; (fn. 59) from the 18th century to the 20th it was three cottages held by the parish to benefit the unrelieved poor. (fn. 60) By 1841 seven cottages had been built on the old Bath road near the former toll house and one beside Hitchin Lane. (fn. 61) Several houses and a bungalow were built beside Stockley Road in the 20th century.
In the west corner of the parish two adjacent inns, the Bell, open in 1706, and the Bear, open in 1728, were used by travellers on the old Bath road. (fn. 62) Each had been converted to a farmhouse by 1841. (fn. 63) The Bear ceased to be part of a farmstead in the 20th century. It is a two-storeyed house mainly of the late 17th or early 18th century and stands on an irregular U plan. The north-west wing is mainly of stone, has two-light mullioned windows under linking hoodmoulds, and may be the remains of a house of the earlier 17th century. The rest of the present house is of red brick with stone dressings. Its main range has a basement, a principal six-bayed south front with continuous moulded stringcourses and two-light windows with ovolo mullions, and a hipped roof. A doorway in the east elevation was the main entrance until it was blocked and replaced by one in the south front; a gabled brick porch was added to the south front in 1905. (fn. 64) The north-east wing of the house may have originated as a separate building. The Bell was still a farmhouse in the later 20th century. The house, which may have originated in the 17th century, has been much altered. It is of coursed rubble and, like the Bear, it stands on a U plan. Its main south range is taller than the Bear's and has a steep hipped roof. It is of four bays, of which the western has been partly rebuilt and contains the chimney stack.
Two new farmsteads, each with a pair of cottages, were built in the east part of the parish between 1841 and 1885, Hill Farm on the downs beside the old Bath road, and New Farm beside Hampsley Road. (fn. 65) Most of the farm buildings had been removed from Hill Farm by 1999, and New Farm was then the site of Hampsley Hollow Riding Centre. Each pair of cottages had been converted to one house.
Henry, earl of Hereford, claimed to hold all or part of Heddington in 1201, (fn. 69) and he held it all in 1212, when his title to that and other land was challenged by Edward of Salisbury's greatgreat-granddaughter Ela Longespee, countess of Salisbury. (fn. 70) HEDDINGTON manor was apparently among Henry's estates forfeited to the Crown for his opposition to King John and was held by the Crown in 1216. (fn. 71) It was restored and, with the assent of Ela and her husband William Longespee (d. 1226), was held as dower from 1222 by Henry's relict Maud, countess of Hereford and from 1227 suo jure countess of Essex (d. 1236), later the wife of Roger of Dauntsey. (fn. 72) In 1229, as part of the settlement of the dispute between Edward of Salisbury's descendants, the reversion was divided between Humphrey, earl of Hereford (d. 1275), the son of Maud and Henry de Bohun, and Ela, countess of Salisbury, (fn. 73) and from 1236 the manor descended in moieties.
The moiety held by Ela, countess of Salisbury, was itself often called HEDDINGTON manor. In 1236 Ela gave it to Lacock abbey, (fn. 74) to which was also given what was probably a small part of the other moiety. (fn. 75) The abbey kept the manor until 1539, when the abbey was dissolved and the manor passed to the Crown. (fn. 76) In 1543 the Crown sold Heddington manor to John Lambarde. (fn. 77) On John's death in 1554 it descended to his son William, (fn. 78) a lawyer and historian and the author of Eirenarcha, (fn. 79) who in 1570 sold it to William Partridge (d. 1578) and Partridge's son Robert. (fn. 80) From Robert (d. 1600) the manor may have passed to his son John, who sold property to his brother Anthony and died leaving Anthony as his heir, (fn. 81) or directly to Anthony. In the early 17th century the manor was sold in portions, which for long descended separately.
A small estate called SPLATTS originated in the sale by John Rogers to Robert Child of c. 10 a. and pasture rights in 1620 and of c. 24 a. and pasture rights in 1623; (fn. 93) both holdings were probably former parts of Lacock abbey's manor. (fn. 94) From Robert (d. 1639) the estate descended in the direct line to Robert (fn. 95) (d. 1688) (fn. 96) and Thomas Child (fn. 97) (d. 1719). On Thomas's death it passed to his grandson Francis Child (d. 1780), (fn. 98) whose heir was his son John (will proved 1807). (fn. 99) In 1808 John Child's trustees sold the estate, Splatts House and c. 36 a., to James Pepler (fn. 100) (d. 1827), whose relict Sarah Pepler sold it in 1837 to trustees of William Gundry (fn. 101) (d. 1853). In 1853 Gundry's trustees sold it to Richard Osmond, (fn. 102) who in 1858 sold it to Isaac Clark (d. 1892) and his daughter Anne Hayward Clark (d. 1897) as tenants in common. Isaac sold his interest to his daughters Mary Clark (d. 1898) and Elizabeth Clark (d. 1902), and Anne devised hers to Mary and Elizabeth as tenants in common. (fn. 103) In 1902 Elizabeth Clark's heirs sold Splatts farm to F. J. Aldrick, (fn. 104) who in 1905 sold it to L. B. Beauchamp, from 1911 the owner of Church farm. (fn. 105) In 1918 Beauchamp sold Splatts farm to Laura Brown (d. 1926). From 1926 to 1941 the farm belonged to Annie, Alice, and Maria Brown, spinsters who in 1941 sold it to Harold Stiles (d. 1949) and his brother S. S. Stiles (d. 1950). In 1950 S. S. Stiles's executors sold the farmland, then 105 a., separately from Splatts House. (fn. 106) The descent of neither has been traced further.
Splatts House was built c. 1729 for Francis Child on his marriage to Priscilla Brooke. (fn. 107) It is a single-pile house of two storeys and five bays. (fn. 108) It has an elaborate south-east façade of chequered brick with rusticated stone quoins and simple Baroque stone window surrounds linked by continuous stringcourses. That façade has sashed windows, but may formerly have had windows with stone mullions and transoms like two windows which survive in the rear elevation. In the 19th century the original staircase was reset and the house was otherwise refitted. In the 20th century the south-east façade was given a parapet and a two-storeyed porch, and a two-storeyed rear wing was built. An apparently 18th-century barn and later farm buildings stand immediately north of the house.
Anthony Brooke's share of Heddington Cauntelo manor was by far the larger, and in 1729 he divided it between himself and his son John. (fn. 139) The holding retained by Anthony (d. 1741) was later Manor farm and Marsh End farm, a total of 335 a. It descended to his son Anthony (d. 1778), under whose will it passed in turn to his nephew Walter Brooke (d. 1808) and grandnephew Henry Maundrell (d. 1847). The estate was held for life by Henry's relict Anne Maundrell (d. 1854) and passed on her death to his own grandnephew R. J. Maundrell. In 1854 Maundrell sold it to Isaac Clark. In 1876 J. W. G. Spicer bought 218 a. of Manor farm from Clark, (fn. 140) in 1911 J. E. P. Spicer sold that land as part of Church farm, (fn. 141) and the land remained part of Church farm in 1999. (fn. 142) Marsh End farm and the reduced Manor farm passed from Isaac Clark to his daughter Elizabeth, whose estates were offered for sale in 1902. (fn. 143) Manor farm, 73 a. in 1910, was bought by G. S. Ruddle; (fn. 144) in 1940 it was sold by W. J. Brown to W. S. Tyler, whose son Mr. D. R. Tyler owned the land, but not the farmhouse, in 2000. (fn. 145) Marsh End farm, 49 a. in 1910, was bought by Adam Wragg in 1902; (fn. 146) its later descent has not been traced.
Heddington's open fields lay in the east part of the parish, bounded to the west by the road leading west and south from Church Farm to the parish boundary, by the same road leading north-east as Hampsley Road from Church Farm as far as its elbow, and by a roughly straight line running north from the elbow to the parish boundary. In the 18th century there was 788 a. of open fields. That land included Beacon Hill, only the steepest slopes of which were not ploughed, the flat downland southeast of the London-Bath road, and other downland north of the road. (fn. 174) The open-field land on Beacon Hill and the downland, c. 225 a. in all (fn. 175) and known to have been arable in the 17th century, (fn. 176) may have been set out later than that on the gently sloping lands between Heddington village and the scarp face. There were apparently two open fields, usually called East and West; (fn. 177) North and South fields, referred to in the 17th century, (fn. 178) were probably the same fields under different names rather than additional fields. In the 18th century only the steepest slopes of the scarp, and King's Play Hill immediately above them, were rough pasture. (fn. 179) The lowland west of the open fields included commonable meadow land (fn. 180) and almost certainly extensive commonable pasture.
There was a mill at Heddington when the manor was divided in 1236. In the later 13th century the miller owed half his service to Lacock abbey and presumably half to the lord of Heddington Cauntelo manor. (fn. 223) There is no later evidence of a mill at Heddington.
No part of either Heddington manor or Heddington Cauntelo manor is known to have been held by copy of court roll from the earlier 17th century, (fn. 227) and no direct record of a court held for either manor survives. From the early 17th century lords of Heddington manor claimed the right to hold view of frankpledge for Heddington, (fn. 228) but there is no evidence that any of them exercised it.
1. This article was written in 1999-2000. Maps used include O.S. Maps 6", Wilts. XXVI-XXVII, XXXIII- XXXIV (1888-9 and later edns.); 1/25,000, Explorer, sheets 156-7 (1998-9 edns.).
2. Cf. I. D. Margary, Rom. Roads in Brit. (1973), p. 136.
3. Cf. below, this section [roads].
4. Geol. Surv. Map 1/50,000, drift, sheet 266 (1974 edn.).
6. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 307.
9. J. Ogilby, Brit. (1675), pl. 11.
10. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 256.
11. Above, Calne, introduction (roads).
12. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 262.
13. W.A.S. Libr., Wilkinson's par. hist. collns. (Heddington).
14. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11; above, Calne, introduction (roads).
15. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11.
16. V.C.H. Wilts. i (1), 141, 177; i (2), 308.
17. Ibid. i (1), 75-6; Aubrey, Topog. Colln. ed. Jackson, 44-5; W.A.M. xlix. 219-20; cf. above, Calne, introduction (prehist. remains: Verlucio).
18. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 399-400, 446-7.
19. W.N. & Q. ii. 207; D.N.B.
20. W.A.M. xxxii. 335-9; below, econ. hist.; church.
21. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11; cf. W.R.O., tithe award; below, econ. hist.
22. O.S. Map 1/2,500, Wilts. XXXIV. 2 (1900 edn.).
23. Wilts. Bldgs. Rec. (in Wilts. local studies libr., Trowbridge), B6207, copy advert. 24 Feb. 1812.
24. Dept. of Environment, list of bldgs. of hist. interest, N. Wilts. iii (1987), p. 73.
25. O.S. Map 6", Wilts. XXXIV (1889 edn.).
28. Ibid. 754/5; below, church.
29. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11.
32. Date on bldg.; cf. O.S. Map 6", Wilts. XXXIV (1889 edn.).
33. Kelly's Dir. Wilts. (1899); Wilts. Bldgs. Rec. (in Wilts. local studies libr.), B4762.
34. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11; Maps of Wilts. 1787-1844 (W.R.S. lii), p. 117.
35. W.R.O., A 1/355/359; ibid. G 1/132/58, plan 31 July 1950.
39. Ibid. F 14/400/6, planning applications reg.
40. Hist. MSS. Com. 55, Var. Colln. iv, p. 121.
41. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11.
46. O.S. Map 1/2,500, Wilts. XXXIV. 1 (1900 edn.); for the mission room, below, church.
47. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11.
49. For a description of the ho., below, manors (Splatts).
51. Inf. from Sayagyi U Ba Khin Memorial Trust.
52. Kelly's Dir. Wilts. (1915); cf. O.S. Map 1/2,500, Wilts. XXXIV. 1 (1900 edn.).
53. It was omitted from a map of 1773: Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11.
54. O.S. Map 6", Wilts. XXXIV (1889 and later edns.); W.R.O., tithe award.
56. Ibid.; Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11.
57. O.S. Map 6", Wilts. XXXIV (1889 edn.).
58. W.A.S. Libr., Wilkinson's par. hist. collns. (Heddington).
59. Dept. of Environment, list of bldgs. of hist. interest, N. Wilts. iii (1987), p. 70.
62. Ibid. 212B/3377; Bowood Mun., map 25; ibid. survey of tithable lands, 1728.
64. Inf. from Mr. J. M. Money-Kyrle, the Bear.
65. O.S. Maps 6", Wilts. XXXIV (1889 edn.); 1/2,500, Wilts. XXXIV. 2 (1900 edn.); W.R.O., tithe award.
66. Above, Calne hund.; Calne, manors [preamble].
67. V.C.H. Wilts. ii, p. 135.
68. I. J. Sanders, Eng. Baronies, 91; Complete Peerage, vi. 457-9; cf. Dugdale, Mon. v. 26.
69. Cur. Reg. R. ii. 7.
70. V.C.H. Wilts. ii, p. 109; Complete Peerage, xi. 373-9.
71. Rot. Litt. Claus. (Rec. Com.), i. 276.
72. Complete Peerage, v. 134; vi. 459; xi. 381; P.R.O., CP 25/1/250/4, no. 16.
73. Complete Peerage, vi. 459-62; P.R.O., CP 25/1/250/ 8, no. 11.
74. Lacock Chart. (W.R.S. xxxiv), p. 14.
75. Below, this section (Heddington Cauntelo).
76. V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 314; P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/ 3985, rot. 27.
77. L. & P. Hen. VIII, xviii (1), p. 543.
78. P.R.O., C 142/108, no. 126.
80. W.N. & Q. viii. 488; P.R.O., C 142/185, no. 85.
81. V.C.H. Glos. vii. 152; Burke, Land. Gent. (1863), 1158; P.R.O., C 142/268, no. 146.
83. P.R.O., C 142/341, no. 59.
84. W.R.O., A 1/200/1, rott. 26v.-27v.; below, this section (Splatts).
85. Cf. W.R.O. 130/28, deed, Rogers to Child, 1620; 270/19.
88. P. G. M. Dickson, Sun Insurance Off. 276; P.R.O., PROB 11/1369, f. 44 and v.; W.R.O. 754/6, abstract of title; 1553/99; below, this section.
89. W.R.O. 65A/1; 776/788, deed, Spicer to Beauchamp, 1911.
90. Burke, Land. Gent. (1937), 2109; below, this section.
91. Wilts. Cuttings, xiv. 110; W.R.O. 1409, box 29, sale cat., 1911.
92. Burke, Land. Gent. (1937), 1313; inf. from Mrs. B. R. Money-Kyrle, Whetham Ho., Calne; cf. above, Calne, manors (Whetham).
93. W.R.O. 130/28, deeds, Rogers to Child, 1620, 1623; cf. W.A.S. Libr., box 3, abstract of deed, 1706.
95. Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1625-49 (Index Libr.), 303-4.
96. W.R.O., wills, archd. Wilts., Robert Child, 1688.
97. W.A.S. Libr., box 3, abstract of deed, 1692.
98. W.N. & Q. ii. 264-5.
99. P.R.O., PROB 11/1459, ff. 5-6; W.R.O. 776/788, deed, Child to Green, 1767.
100. W.R.O. 776/788, deed, Judkin to Pepler, 1808.
101. Ibid. 776/788, deed, Gundry to Gundry, 1837; 776/ 788, declaration by T. R. Gundry, 1837.
102. Ibid. 776/788, deeds, Gundry to Osmond, 1853; Gundry to Gundry, 1853.
103. Ibid. 776/788, deeds, Osmond to Clark, 1858; Clark to Clark, 1877; Clark to Haines, 1898; 776/788, tax assessment, 1902; 2332/2.
104. Ibid. 776/788, deed, Wiltshire to Aldrick, 1902.
105. Ibid. 776/788, deed, Aldrick to Beauchamp, 1905; above, this section.
106. W.R.O. 776/971, draft deed, Stiles to Vowles, 1950; 776/971, letter, 1 June 1950.
107. W.N. & Q. ii. 261; W.A.S. Libr., box 3, abstract of marriage settlement, 1729.
108. Above, plates 22, 44.
109. W.R.O. 212B/3416; 1553/99; ibid. A 1/345/201; for the date 1687, W.R.O. 602/1; for 1765, Hist. Parl., Commons, 1754-90, iii. 645.
112. Ibid. EA/6; ibid. 212B/3393; 602/2.
113. Ibid. 212B/3402; 212B/3408; 1553/98; Hist. Parl., Commons, 1790-1820, iv. 739-40; P.R.O., PROB 11/1698, ff. 162-5; above and below, this section.
115. Ibid. Inland Revenue, val. reg. 42; Wilts. Cuttings, xiv. 110.
116. W.R.O., G 3/153/15, abstract of title.
117. Inf. from Mr. D. R. Tyler, Home Farm; below, this section [Manor farm; Paddock farm].
119. Complete Peerage, vi. 459-77; V.C.H. Wilts. xv. 146; e.g. Bk. of Fees, ii. 710-11, 722; Cal. Inq. p.m. xiii, p. 139.
120. Complete Peerage, vi. 473-4; vii. 417-18; Cal. Close, 1381-5, 514-15.
121. e.g. P.R.O., C 142/26, no. 117; C 142/104, no. 123.
122. Ibid. CP 25/1/283/10, no. 138.
123. Ibid. CP 25/1/250/11, no. 6.
124. Bk. of Fees, ii. 722; Lacock Chart. (W.R.S. xxxiv), p. 63.
125. Feud. Aids, v. 209.
126. Feet of F. 1327-77 (W.R.S. xxix), p. 19.
127. Cal. Inq. p.m. xviii, pp. 243-4; Cal. Close, 1402-5, 46-7; P.R.O., CP 40/670, rot. 123.
128. Feet of F. 1377-1509 (W.R.S. xli), p. 98; P.R.O., CP 40/670, rot. 123.
129. Cal. Close, 1435-41, 158.
130. Wilts. Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. cv/cvi), 132.
131. Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, ii, p. 197.
132. P.R.O., C 142/26, no. 117.
133. Ibid. C 142/104, no. 123.
135. P.R.O., C 142/258, no. 36; C 142/461, no. 121.
136. Hants Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. N.S. x), 18-19.
137. P.R.O., PROB 11/449, ff. 125-6.
138. W.R.O. 1409, box 10, deeds, Wells to Child, 1717; Child to Ernle, 1719; Brooke and Shepherd, 1719.
140. W.R.O. 602/2; 1409, box 10, deeds, Maundrell to Heywood, 1841; Maundrell to Clark, 1852; Maundrell to Clark, 1854.
141. Ibid. 1409, box 29, sale cat., 1911; cf. above, this section.
142. Inf. from Mr. Tyler.
143. W.A.S. Libr., sale cat. xxviiiG, no. 44; above, this section (Splatts).
144. Wilts. Cuttings, xvi. 172; W.R.O., Inland Revenue, val. reg. 42.
145. Inf. from Mr. Tyler; cf. above, this section [Home farm].
146. Wilts. Cuttings, xvi. 172; W.R.O., Inland Revenue, val. reg. 42.
147. W.R.O. 1409, box 10, deed, Brooke to Brooke, 1729; cf. ibid. EA/6; ibid. tithe award; above, preceding para.
148. W.R.O. 212B/3418; above, preceding para.; for the date 1791, mon. in Calne ch.
150. Ibid. 1553/99; ibid. tithe award; cf. above, this section.
151. W.R.O., A 1/345/201; cf. ibid. tithe award, in which Heale was said to own land which still belonged to Maundrell; above, this section.
152. W.R.O. 776/788, deed, Dyke to Clark, 1864.
153. Ibid. 776/788, declaration by Dyke, 1912.
154. Ibid. 1409, box 29, sale cat., 1911; for the later descent of Church and Home farms, above, this section.
155. Inf. from Mr. Tyler.
156. W.R.O. 1409, box 29, sale cat., 1911.
157. Ibid. 776/788, sale cat., 1918.
158. Inf. from Mr. Tyler; cf. above, this section [Home farm].
159. W.R.O. 1409, box 10, deeds, Child to Ernle, 1719; Brooke and Shepherd, 1719.
162. Ibid. 546/113; 546/265; P.R.O., PROB 6/96, f. 104v.
164. Dugdale, Mon. v. 26; V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 262.
166. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/3969, rot. 16d.; cf. Dugdale, Mon. v. 26.
167. L. & P. Hen. VIII, xix (1), pp. 629, 641; V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 266.
168. e.g. P.R.O., C 142/185, no. 85; W.R.O. 212B/3360; for the descent, above, this section (Heddington).
169. e.g. W.R.O. 754/6, abstract of title.
170. Ibid. tithe award; for the descent of Church farm, above, this section (Heddington).
171. W.R.O. 754/6, abstract of title; 754/6, copy will of John Stagg; for the area, cf. 754/4, memo., 1828; ibid. tithe award.
172. Ibid. 754/6, abstract of title; ibid. tithe award; Burke, Land. Gent. (1937), p. 1939; below, church.
173. V.C.H. Wilts. ii, p. 135.
177. e.g. ibid. A 1/200/1, rott. 26v.-27v.; ibid. 212B/3368; Lacock Chart. (W.R.S. xxxiv), p. 35.
178. e.g. W.R.O., D 1/24/107/2.
181. W.A.M. xxxii. 335-9; P.R.O., CP 25/1/283/10, no. 138.
182. Lacock Chart. (W.R.S. xxxiv), pp. 35-6.
184. Lacock Chart. (W.R.S. xxxiv), pp. 35-6.
185. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/3985, rot. 27.
186. W.R.O. 754/7; 1409, box 10, partic. of Brooke's land, 1719; 1553/99; ibid. tithe award.
187. P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/3985, rot. 27; above, introduction (Heddington Wick).
189. e.g. Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1625-49 (Index Libr.), 303-4; W.R.O., A 1/200/1, rott. 26v.-27v.; ibid. D 1/24/107/2.
190. W.R.O. 212B/3362; cf. ibid. tithe award.
191. Wilts. Inq. p.m. 1625-49 (Index Libr.), 303-4.
192. Above, introduction (Heddington Wick; the Splatts; other settlement).
193. Cf. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11; W.R.O., tithe award.
194. W.R.O. 212B/3368; 754/154; ibid. A 1/200/1, rott. 26v.-27v.; ibid. D 1/24/107/2.
196. Ibid. 1409, box 10, partic. of Brooke's land, 1719.
199. Ibid.; Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11; above, introduction.
200. W.R.O., tithe award; cf. Bishop's Cannings tithe award.
201. Kelly's Dir. Wilts. (1875 and later edns.); P.R.O., MAF 68/493, sheet 2; MAF 68/1063, sheet 3; MAF 68/ 1633, sheet 4.
202. W.R.O. 1409, box 29, sale cat., 1911; ibid. Inland Revenue, val. reg. 42; above, introduction (other settlement).
203. Cf. P.R.O., MAF 68/2203, sheet 2.
204. W.R.O., Inland Revenue, val. reg. 42.
205. Cf. above, manors (Heddington Cauntelo); Wilts. Cuttings, xiv. 110; xvi. 172.
206. W.R.O., Inland Revenue, val. reg. 42; for Manor farm, cf. Wilts. Cuttings, xvi. 172; for the new bldgs., above, introduction (other settlement).
207. W.R.O. 1409, box 29, sale cat., 1911.
208. Inf. from Mr. D. R. Tyler, Home Farm.
209. W.R.O. 1409, box 29, sale cat., 1911.
210. Ibid. 776/788, sale cat., 1918.
211. Ibid. 776/971, tenancy agreement, 1941.
213. W.A.S. Libr., sale cat. xxxiii, no. 3A.
216. Inf. from Mr. Tyler; Mrs. B. R. Money-Kyrle, Whetham Ho., Calne.
217. V.C.H. Wilts. ii, p. 135.
219. Andrews and Dury, Map (W.R.S. viii), pl. 11; for Whetham Ho., above, Calne, manors (Whetham).
220. Maps of Wilts. 1787-1844 (W.R.S. lii), p. 117.
222. O.S. Maps 6", Wilts. XXXIV (1889 and later edns.).
223. W.A.M. xxxii. 324; P.R.O., CP 25/1/250/11, no. 6; cf. above, manors (Heddington).
224. Kelly's Dir. Wilts. (1848 and later edns.); Wilts. Bldgs. Rec. (in Wilts. local studies libr., Trowbridge), B4762; W.R.O., G 3/132/58.
225. W.R.O., F 14/400/5, 5 June 1950; 7 Aug. 1957; 9 Dec. 1957.
226. Inf. from Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Robinson, Paddock Farm.
228. e.g. P.R.O., C 142/341, no. 59; W.R.O. 212B/3360; 754/6, abstract of title; cf. above, Calne hund.
230. Poor Law Abstract, 1804, 560-1; 1818, 492-3.
231. Poor Rate Returns, 1816-21, 186; 1822-4, 225; 1825- 9, 216; 1830-4, 209.
232. Poor Law Com. 1st Rep. App. D, 243.
233. O.S. Map 1/100,000, admin. areas, Wilts. (1974 edn.).
235. Reg. Ghent (Cant. & York Soc.), ii. 580; Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 189.
236. Lond. Gaz. 5 Oct. 1962, p. 7751.
237. Ch. Com. file, NB 34/253D.
238. W.R.O., D 1/36/4/9, no. 7.
239. Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. (index in W.A.M. xxviii. 222); V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 266.
240. Cal. Pat. 1354-8, 262; 1370-4, 23; V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 264-5.
241. Reg. Hallum (Cant. & York Soc.), p. 48.
242. L. & P. Hen. VIII, xviii (1), p. 543.
243. Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. i. 210, 225, 227; ii. 4; for the descent, above, manors.
244. Alum. Oxon. 1500-1714, iii. 1273; Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. ii. 30; W.R.O. 602/1; 754/2, deed, Townsend to Rogers, 1639; 754/180.
245. Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. ii. 69, 75, 101; V.C.H. Wilts. x. 130; dates of d. are added from W.R.O. 754/226, geneal.
246. W.R.O., D 1/2/32, ff. 27, 45; D 1/2/33, ff. 92, 110v.; D 1/2/34, f. 218v.
247. Ibid. D 375/2/35; Clergy List (1901).
248. W.R.O. 1720, deed, du Boulay to Money-Kyrle, 1905.
249. Burke, Land. Gent. (1937), 1313; Sar. Almanack (1920 and later edns.); Clergy List (1914); Crockford (1918- 19); above, manors [Church farm].
252. Ch. Com. file, NB 34/253D.
253. Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 189.
254. Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii. 131.
255. Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues, 836-7.
256. Inq. Non. (Rec. Com.), 160; P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/ 3969, rot. 16d.; W.R.O., EA/6; above, manors [tithes].
258. Dugdale, Mon. v. 26; above, manors [tithes].
261. Ibid. D 351/6, pp. 401, 409.
264. Vis. Queries, 1783 (W.R.S. xxvii), p. 117.
267. Ibid. D 351/6, p. 693.
268. Cf. above, introduction (Heddington).
269. W.R.O., D 355/1, mins. 8 Apr. 1963; 9 Jan. 1964.
270. Reg. Ghent (Cant. & York Soc.), ii. 687, 833, 913; Cal. Pat. 1354-8, 262.
271. Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. ii. 4, 30, 33, 57, 59, 69, 75, 101; Alum. Oxon. 1500-1714, iii. 1273, 1275-6; Le Neve, Fasti, 1541-1857, Salisbury, 89; W.R.O. 754/180.
272. Vis. Queries, 1783 (W.R.S. xxvii), pp. 116-17.
273. Burke, Land. Gent. (1937), 1939; Alum. Oxon. 1715- 1886, iii. 1219.
274. W.R.O. 754/4, lease, Rogers to Cully, 1810.
277. Kelly's Dir. Wilts. (1855 and later edns.).
279. Wilts. Cuttings, v. 175.
280. Kelly's Dir. Wilts. (1939); W.R.O., F 14/400/5, 4 June 1956.
281. Sar. Dioc. Dir. (1974 and later edns.).
282. Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. i. 174.
284. J. Buckler, watercolour in W.A.S. Libr., vol. iv. 40 (reproduced on facing page).
285. W.A.S. Libr., Wilkinson's par. hist. collns. (Heddington).
288. Ibid. D 1/61/132/48; Wilts. Cuttings, xxviii. 40.
289. Wilts. Cuttings, v. 190.
290. Nightingale, Wilts. Plate, 141-2; W.R.O., D 1/24/ 107/5.
291. R. J. Cole, Hist. Heddington and its Church, 20.
292. Wilts. Cuttings, xxviii. 40.
293. Inf. from Mr. J. Humphries, Holmleigh, Heddington.
294. Walters, Wilts. Bells, 97-8.
295. Cole, Hist. Heddington, 19.
296. Inf. from Mr. Humphries.
298. Compton Census, ed. Whiteman, 129; V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 116; e.g. W.N. & Q. ii. 289; vii. 180.
300. Wilts. Cuttings, xviii. 44.
302. Vis. Queries, 1783 (W.R.S. xxvii), p. 117.
303. Meeting Ho. Certs. (W.R.S. xl), p. 131.
306. V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 60-1.
307. Kelly's Dir. Wilts. (1939); Wilts. Cuttings, xxii. 72.
308. Meeting Ho. Certs. (W.R.S. xl), p. 88.
309. Lambeth Palace Libr., MS. 1732.
310. Educ. of Poor Digest, 1028.
311. Educ. Enq. Abstract, 1038.
313. Acct. of Wilts. Schs. 26; P.R.O., ED 7/130, no. 142.
316. Returns relating to Elem. Educ. 422-3; Return of Public Elem. Schs. 282-3.
317. Kelly's Dir. Wilts. (1899); W.R.O., F 8/600/139/1/ 22/1.
318. Return of Non-Provided Schs. 23; Bd. of Educ., List 21 (H.M.S.O.).
319. Wilts. co. council (Educ. & Libr.), Establishment Dir. (2000), 8.
320. W.R.O. 754/239; cf. above, manors (Heddington; Heddington Cauntelo).
321. Endowed Char. Wilts. (N. Div.), 511-13.
322. Ibid. 512-14; for the date 1842, above, manors (Heddington); for 1855, W.R.O. 2332/2.
323. W.R.O., L 2 (Heddington).
324. Inf. from Mrs. G. Alexander, White Coppice, Heddington.
325. Endowed Char. Wilts. (N. Div.), 514.
326. W.R.O., L 2 (Heddington).
327. Inf. from Mr. P. Hounsell, Yew Tree Ho.

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