Allington | |
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Manor Farm, Allington | |
Location within
Wiltshire | |
OS grid reference | ST895751 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Chippenham |
Postcode district | SN14 |
Dialling code | 01249 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Allington is a hamlet in north Wiltshire, England. It is on the edge of the market town of Chippenham, about 2 miles (3 km) north-west of the town centre and about 0.3 miles (500 m) north of the A420 road towards Bristol.
Allington Bar is a farm and small hamlet on the A420.
Allington Manor Farmhouse is from the mid 18th century [1] and incorporates fragments of a 17th-century manor house; further fragments are within an 18th-century barn. [2] Bolehyde Manor, a Grade II* listed 17th-century manor house [3] and former home of Camilla Parker-Bowles, is a short distance north of Allington village.
This Allington is not a former parish, but was a tithing of the parish of Chippenham. [4] Since 1894 it has been in the civil parish of Chippenham Without. [5]
The settlement was designated as a conservation area in 1998, and in 2002 the area was extended to include the surrounding landscape. [6]