page_title: Brinkworth, Wiltshire
section_title: Parish church
hierarchical_section_title: Brinkworth, Wiltshire / Religious sites / Parish church
caption_attribution_description: English: St Michael's and All Angels church, Brinkworth
context_page_description: Brinkworth is a village and civil parish in northern Wiltshire, England. The village lies between Royal Wootton Bassett and Malmesbury, about 1 mile north of the M4 motorway and 9 miles west of Swindon.
  The west end of Brinkworth village is Causeway End. The civil parish of Brinkworth includes the hamlets of Braydon Side, Callow Hill, The Common, and the tithing of Grittenham, a rural community to the south of the village of Brinkworth.
  Much of Brinkworth village is a linear settlement along the east-west B4042, extending for some 1 ¹⁄₂ miles. The village is sometimes described as the longest in England although others such as Meopham, Kent make the same claim.
  The village stands on a ridge overlooking the Dauntsey Vale to the south. The Woodbridge Brook, a tributary of the Bristol Avon, passes to the north of the village and another tributary of the Avon, the Brinkworth Brook, passes to the south. The Thunder Brook joins the Brinkworth Brook north of Grittenham.
context_section_description: The parish church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade I listed building. A church was recorded in 1151 and was linked with Malmesbury Abbey until 1539. The present church dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, and was restored by C. E. Ponting in 1902-3. St Michael's is one of six churches in the Woodbridge Group.
  Notable rectors include Tobias Crisp, incumbent from 1627 to 1642.
caption: St Michael and All Angels
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