English Heritage sites near Chilton Foliat Parish
CHISBURY CHAPEL
4 miles from Chilton Foliat Parish
This pretty thatched and flintwalled 13th century chapel survived after the Reformation in 1547 by being used as a barn as part of Chisbury Farm.
DONNINGTON CASTLE
9 miles from Chilton Foliat Parish
The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
9 miles from Chilton Foliat Parish
A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
10 miles from Chilton Foliat Parish
Three atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George.
THE SANCTUARY, AVEBURY
12 miles from Chilton Foliat Parish
Begun in about 3000 BC as a complex circle of timber posts, later replaced by stones. Its function is still mystifies: human bone finds with food remains point to elaborate death rites and ceremonies.
LUDGERSHALL CASTLE AND CROSS
13 miles from Chilton Foliat Parish
The ruins and earthworks of a royal castle dating mainly from the 12th and 13th centuries, frequently used as a hunting lodge. The remains of the medieval cross stand in the centre of the village.
Churches in Chilton Foliat Parish
Chilton Foliat: St Mary
B4192
Chilton Foliat
Wiltshire
(01672) 520963
http://whittonteam.org.uk/
Chilton is a common Anglo-Saxon village name. It is Cillertone in the Domesday Book, Meaning "Children's Farm". Foliat was the family name of landowners here in the 13th century and was presumably added then. Drayton Foliat, another Wiltshire village, was (significantly) in the same sub-tenancy in the Domesday Book as Chilton.
The Lych Gate and the rows of limes are the parish's memorial to those who died in the war 1914-18. The trees to the west of the limes each represent a life lost from the parish in the war 1939-45.
The church appears to be a 13th century building, although altered, especially in the restoration of 1840/45.
The bells were tuned and rehung and the frame strengthened by Mears and Stainbank in 1932.
Parish registers have been kept since 1569 without break. The originals are at the County Record Office in Trowbridge.
We have a strong link with the local primary school and share services in church and in the school.
Pubs in Chilton Foliat Parish
Wheatsheaf
Chilton Foliat, RG17 0TE
(01488) 680936
thewheatsheafchiltonfoliat.co.uk