Lockeridge

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Lockeridge is a village in the English county of Wiltshire. Located three and a half miles west of Marlborough in the Kennet Valley on the edge of the West Woods and four miles east of Avebury. It is an agricultural and commuter community with no local industry. The community is served by a village pub The Whoda' Thought it but has no other services.

1 History
2 Local government
3 Geography
4 Landmarks
5 Transport
6 Education
7 Sports
8 See also
9 Sources

[edit] History

At the time of the Doomsday Book Lockeridge was owned by Durand of Gloucester and is described as follows: Durand himself holds LOCKERIDGE. Almær held it TRE, and it paid geld for 2 hides. There is land for 1 plough. Of this 1 hide is in demesne. There is 1 villan and 2 bordars with 1 slave, and 1 acre of meadow, and 12 acres of pasture and 6 acres of woodland. It was worth 40s ; now 30s.

The village had an association with the Knights Templar in the middle ages and was a part of the Preceptory of Temple Rockley.

[edit] Local government

Lockeridge forms part of the civil parish of Fyfield and West Overton overall population 613,204 in the 2001 census, which has an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.

Note that both the ONS website and the Explorer map (see 'Sources' below) refer to a separate civil parish for West Overton, including Lockeridge but not Fyfield. However the KDC website clearly refers to a joint parish and quotes both population and council membership.

[edit] Geography

Position: grid reference SU148677

Nearby towns and cities: Marlborough, Swindon, Devizes

Nearby villages: Fyfield, West Overton, East Kennett, West Kennett

[edit] Landmarks

Lockeridge Dene at the south end of the village is a National Trust site and is a conservation area. Sarsen stones are scattered over the area and this is one of the sites from which the stones at Avebury were mined.

There are two main architectural styles in the village, together with some modern housing. The two styles are stone with thatch and estate cottages built with brick

[edit] Transport

The village is served by an "on demand" bus service

[edit] Education

The Kennet Valley Church of England Primary School has two locations. The more junior children go to the school in Lockeridge, the more senior to the school in East Kennett. For secondary education most children go on to St Johns College, Marlborough.

[edit] Sports

The Kennet Valley Cricket Club plays in the village comprising residents of Lockerdige along with those of West Overton, East Kennett and Fyfield. It also hosts an annual New Years Day football and Rugby match between the west and east of the Kennet Valley for the Baliszewski Cup (named for the founder of the tradition who died in 2008). Played by all ages, to ad hoc rules including two simultaneous football matches played with two balls on the same pitch; men may only play with one ball, women and children with either.