Sutton Veny
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Sutton Veny is a small village situated in the Wylye Valley, about 2 miles south east of the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. 'Sutton' means south farmstead in relation to Norton Bavant, one mile to the north. 'Veny' may be a French family name or else may describe the village's fenny situation.
The village is represented in parliament by Andrew Murrison and in Wiltshire Council by Fleur de Rhé-Philipe, both Conservatives.
School
Sutton Veny and the small settlements around it are served by the Church of England Sutton Veny C. of E. Primary School[1]
Church
St Leonard's Church was built in the 12th century. It has been designated as a Grade II listed building.[2] The cruciform church was started in the 12th century and revised in the 13th and 16th centuries,[2] and underwent a major restoration in 1831. Subsidence because of low lying damp ground caused further damage, and by 1866 the decision had been made to build a new church.[3] This was dedicated to St John the Evangelist, designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built on higher ground 700 yards (640 m) to the north west, opening in 1868.[3] Only the chancel remains in usable condition and was used as a mortuary chapel. It contains benefaction boards, a bier, font, bell and memorials on the walls. The nave, transepts and crossing are ruined.[4] The church was declared redundant in 1970[2] and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[4]
The Parish Church of St John the Evangelist has an Office of Australian War Graves cemetery, where 127 men of the Australian Military Forces were buried during the First World War, most dying in local hospitals of disease or from wounds.[5]
In 1885 the northern part of the former parish of Pertwood was added to the parish of Sutton Veny.[6]
References
- ^ Sutton Veny Primary School
- ^ a b c "Church of St. Leonard". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Churches". Sutton Veny village website. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ a b "St Leonard, Sutton Veny". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ Sutton Veny Village Web Site
- ^ 'Pertwood', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds (1965), pp. 58-61 online, accessed 22 November 2010
The Parish Church of St John the Evangelist has an Office of Australian War Graves cemetery, where 143 men of the Australian Military Forces were buried during the First World War, most dying in local hospitals of disease or from wounds.
External links
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