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Heytesbury, Wiltshire
Heytesbury is a village (formerly considered to be a town) and a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is in the Wylye Valley, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Warminster.
The civil parish includes most of the small neighbouring settlement of Tytherington, and it shares a parish council with Imber and Knook.
- Population 696 (in 2011)
- OS grid reference ST925426
- Civil parish Heytesbury
- Ceremonial county Wiltshire
- Region South West
- Country England
- Sovereign state United Kingdom
- Post town WARMINSTER
- Dialling code 01985
- Website www.heytesburyparish.co.uk
Notable People
- Hungerford family
- Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury (1503 – 28 July 1540), was created Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury in 1536.
- Siegfried Sassoon (Poet) spent the latter part of his life at Heytesbury House, which he purchased in 1933, and his son * George Sassoon grew up there and inherited the house, which he eventually sold.
- Robert Dyer began life as a Heytesbury shoemaker.
- William Cunnington (the antiquary) was of Heytesbury.
- Major-General Glyn Gilbert (1920–2003) settled at Heytesbury.
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Sources and References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heytesbury
- http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/wiltshire/churches/heytesbur...
- http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=115
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