Bremilham | |
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Bremilham Church, Cowage Farm | |
Location within
Wiltshire | |
OS grid reference | ST903860 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MALMESBURY |
Postcode district | SN16 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Bremilham, also known as Cowage or Cowich, is a small settlement and former civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. It is near the hamlet of Foxley in the parish of Norton. The nearest town is Malmesbury, about 2 miles (3.2 km) away to the north east. [1]
The place-name 'Bremilham' is first attested in 1065, as 'Bremelham', and means 'village where brambles or blackberries grew'. [2] In 1831, the population of the parish was 33. On some present-day maps, only Cowage Farm is shown. [3]
Bremilham was a small ecclesiastical parish [4] until 1893 when it was united with Foxley. [5] In 1934 Foxley (with Bremilham) was transferred to the civil parish of Norton.
There was probably a chapel at Bremilham in 1179, when Amesbury Priory was granted the tithes; by 1289 there was a rector. [4] In 1874 the benefice was united with Foxley, [6] and from 1951 Foxley with Bremilham was held in plurality with that of Corston with Rodbourne. [7] Today the parish is part of the Gauzebrook group of churches. [8]
Bremilham's tiny Church of England church claims to be the smallest in England, measuring ten feet by eleven feet. It is either the surviving part of a 15th-century church (Historic England) [9] or a mid-19th century rebuild on the site of the chancel of the demolished church, for use as a mortuary chapel (Victoria County History). [4] The building was recorded as Grade II listed in 1986. [9]
One service is held each year. [10] The church has no dedication and the parish registers go back only to 1813. [11]
On 26 or 27 February 2020 the church bell, which used to hang on an oak beam inside the church, was stolen. [12]
Bremilham | |
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Bremilham Church, Cowage Farm | |
Location within
Wiltshire | |
OS grid reference | ST903860 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MALMESBURY |
Postcode district | SN16 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Bremilham, also known as Cowage or Cowich, is a small settlement and former civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. It is near the hamlet of Foxley in the parish of Norton. The nearest town is Malmesbury, about 2 miles (3.2 km) away to the north east. [1]
The place-name 'Bremilham' is first attested in 1065, as 'Bremelham', and means 'village where brambles or blackberries grew'. [2] In 1831, the population of the parish was 33. On some present-day maps, only Cowage Farm is shown. [3]
Bremilham was a small ecclesiastical parish [4] until 1893 when it was united with Foxley. [5] In 1934 Foxley (with Bremilham) was transferred to the civil parish of Norton.
There was probably a chapel at Bremilham in 1179, when Amesbury Priory was granted the tithes; by 1289 there was a rector. [4] In 1874 the benefice was united with Foxley, [6] and from 1951 Foxley with Bremilham was held in plurality with that of Corston with Rodbourne. [7] Today the parish is part of the Gauzebrook group of churches. [8]
Bremilham's tiny Church of England church claims to be the smallest in England, measuring ten feet by eleven feet. It is either the surviving part of a 15th-century church (Historic England) [9] or a mid-19th century rebuild on the site of the chancel of the demolished church, for use as a mortuary chapel (Victoria County History). [4] The building was recorded as Grade II listed in 1986. [9]
One service is held each year. [10] The church has no dedication and the parish registers go back only to 1813. [11]
On 26 or 27 February 2020 the church bell, which used to hang on an oak beam inside the church, was stolen. [12]