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词条 Bratton, Wiltshire
释义

  1. History

  2. Religious sites

  3. Schools

  4. Landmarks

  5. Notable buildings

  6. Amenities

  7. Notable residents

  8. See also

  9. References

  10. External links

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Bratton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, about {{convert|2.5|mi|km|0}} east of Westbury. The village lies under the northern slope of Salisbury Plain, on the B3098 Westbury – Market Lavington road.

History

The massive earthworks of the Iron Age hill fort known as Bratton Castle (or Bratton Camp) are within the parish.[2]

Bratton was a tithing of the ancient parish of Westbury until 1894, when it became a separate civil parish.[3]

An agricultural machinery business, R & J Reeves & Son, had a central site in Bratton village which became known as Bratton Iron Works. Begun as a blacksmith in 1799, the company became nationally known in the 19th century and was the largest employer in the area. The firm closed in 1970 and the site is now the village play area.[4][5][6]

The Stert and Westbury Railway was built across the parish in 1900. The local station was in the adjacent parish of Edington and was called Edington & Bratton; the station closed to passengers in 1952 and to goods in 1963, but the line remains open as part of the Reading to Taunton Line.

Religious sites

The Church of England parish church of St James has 14th-century origins and may be on the site of an earlier church. It was rebuilt in the 15th century; the chancel was rebuilt in 1854 by G.G. Scott, with further restoration by T.H. Wyatt in 1860.[7] The church is Grade II* listed.[8]

A Baptist chapel was built in 1734, enlarged in the 1780s and again in the next century, with the addition of a schoolroom. Pevsner describes the chapel as "externally a gem"[9] and it is Grade II* listed.[10] As of 2018 the chapel is still in use.[11]

A Methodist chapel was built in 1870 and closed in 1952; the building was demolished in 1957.[12]

Schools

A National School was built at Bratton in 1846 and enlarged in 1877.[13] Also around 1846, a British School was established.[14] In 1928 both schools closed and their pupils moved to a newly-built Wiltshire County Council school, which became Bratton Primary School and was extended in 1982.[15]

Landmarks

In the village
  • A commemorative plaque, complete with industrial cog and brick wall, unveiled in 1993 for the R & J Reeves & Sons Iron Works.[16]
  • A war memorial in the form of a step-based wheel cross.[17]
On Westbury Hill
  • The Battle of Ethandun Memorial – a large sarsen stone summounting a base of cemented pebbles, unveiled in 2000.[18]
  • The Queen Elizabeth II golden jubilee beacon placed in 2002.[19]
  • A topograph dating from 1968, showing towns and cities which can be seen from the hillside.[20]
  • Westbury White Horse – hill figure
  • Bratton Castle – Iron Age hillfort

Roughly a mile west of Bratton is a former Lafarge Cement factory, which was reduced to a distribution site in 2009.[21] The factory had a {{convert|400|ft}} tall chimney, which was demolished in September 2016.[22]

Notable buildings

The Court House (15th and 17th centuries)[23] and Bratton House (1715 and 1826)[24] are Grade II* listed.

Amenities

The village has a Post Office and village shop, a village hall and a pub, The Duke at Bratton.

Bratton Downs is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Notable residents

  • Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858), poet and Baptist hymn-writer, lived in Bratton.
  • Rebecca Smith (1807–1849), last British woman to be executed for infanticide
  • Rev. George Whitaker (1811–1882), clergyman and educator
  • Sir Horace Seymour (1885–1978), British diplomat, Ambassador to China
  • Major General Sir Jeremy Moore (1928–2007), Commander of British land forces during the Falklands War, lived in the village for over 20 years until his death
  • Jack Lauterwasser (1904–2003), cyclist, silver medal winner at the 1928 Olympics, Amsterdam
  • Marjorie Reeves (1905–2003), historian and educationalist, author of Sheep Bell and Ploughshare: The Story of Two Village Families which describes village life[25]

See also

  • Battle of Ethandun

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Wiltshire Community History – Census|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?id=33|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=29 August 2014}}
2. ^{{National Heritage List for England|num=1013399|desc=Bratton Camp Iron Age hillfort|access-date=16 February 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web|website=British History Online|title=Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 8 pp139-148 – Westbury: Introduction|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp139-148|publisher=University of London|accessdate=16 February 2016}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/wtcommunity/memory/downmemorylane/4738294.then-and-now-bratton-iron-works/|title=Then and Now – Bratton Iron Works|last=Porter|first=Trevor|date=13 November 2009|website=Wiltshire Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2 October 2018}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.brattonhistory.co.uk/user/archive/Industry_and_Trade/Reeves_Ironworks/Reeves_Ironworks.pdf|title=R & J Reeves & Son – Bratton Iron Works|last=Gardner|first=Dennis|date=2016|website=Bratton History Association|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2 October 2018}}
6. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vGkoAQAAMAAJ|title=Wiltshire in the Age of Steam: A History and Archaeology of Wiltshire Industry, C.1750-1950|last=Stanier|first=Peter|publisher=Halsgrove|year=2006|isbn=978-1-84114-549-5|pages=82–83}}
7. ^{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Church of St. James, Bratton|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=987|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=16 February 2016}}
8. ^{{National Heritage List for England|num=1036509|desc=Church of St James|access-date=16 February 2016|fewer-links=yes}}
9. ^{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |authorlink1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget (revision) |year=1975 |origyear=1963 |title=Wiltshire |series=The Buildings of England |edition=2nd |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0-14-0710-26-4 |page=139}}
10. ^{{National Heritage List for England|num=1036507|desc=Baptist Chapel|access-date=16 February 2016|fewer-links=yes}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Bratton Baptist Church|url=http://www.brattonbaptistchurch.org.uk/|accessdate=16 February 2016}}
12. ^{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bratton|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=1031|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=16 February 2016}}
13. ^{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=National School, Bratton|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getschool.php?id=1130|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=16 February 2016}}
14. ^{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=British School, Bratton|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getschool.php?id=1128|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=16 February 2016}}
15. ^{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Bratton Primary School|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getschool.php?id=1132|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=16 February 2016}}
16. ^{{cite web|title=R & J Reeves & Son - Bratton Iron Works|url=http://www.brattonvillage.co.uk/localhistory-R__J_Reeves__Son__Bratton_Iron_Works.htm|website=Bratton Village|accessdate=18 September 2016}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cccbr.org.uk/rolls/cemeteries/details.php?cemName=Bratton,%20Wiltshire,%20St%20James%20the%20Great&cemID=45468&warID=1 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-12-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221213823/http://www.cccbr.org.uk/rolls/cemeteries/details.php?cemName=Bratton,%20Wiltshire,%20St%20James%20the%20Great&cemID=45468&warID=1 |archivedate=21 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/45340|title=Battle Of Ethandun|first=Imperial War|last=Museums|website=Imperial War Museums|accessdate=25 June 2017}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehorsenews.co.uk/blog/2012/05/09/join-in-the-jubilee|title=Join in the Jubilee!|date=9 May 2012|website=Whitehorsenews.co.uk|accessdate=25 June 2017}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westbury_White_Horse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1638378.jpg|title=English: Westbury White Horse. The construction in the foreground is a signpost erected by pupils of Adcroft School of Building in 1968 see 1638403. Incidentally the horse carving has been "preserved" by a covering of what looks like concrete! Not what I expected.|first=Roger|last=Gittins|date=19 May 2009|publisher=|accessdate=25 June 2017|via=Wikimedia Commons}}
21. ^{{cite web|title=Plans to demolish Lafarge Cement works in Westbury|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10337822|website=BBC News: Wiltshire|accessdate=18 September 2016|date=17 June 2010}}
22. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/14749984.Westbury_chimney__Emotions_run_high_following_demolition/|title=Westbury chimney: Emotions run high following demolition|last=Mackley|first=Stefan|date=18 September 2016|website=Wiltshire Times|publisher=|access-date=18 September 2016}}
23. ^{{National Heritage List for England|num=1193662|desc=The Court House|access-date=16 February 2016|fewer-links=yes}}
24. ^{{National Heritage List for England|num=1036520|desc=Bratton House|access-date=16 February 2016|fewer-links=yes}}
25. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4KAGtAEACAAJ|title=Sheep Bell and Ploughshare: The Story of Two Village Families|author=Marjorie Reeves|publisher=Granada|year=1980|isbn=978-0-586-08349-9}}

External links

{{Commons category inline|Bratton, Wiltshire}}
  • Bratton Village Community Website
  • Bratton at Wiltshire Community History
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