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| name = Porton | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Porton - Post Office and Village Shop - geograph.org.uk - 782546.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Post Office and shop, Porton | etymology = | coordinates = {{coord|51|7|43|N|1|43|56|W|scale:20000_type:city_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = England | subdivision_type1 = County | subdivision_name1 = Wiltshire | subdivision_type2 = Civil parish | subdivision_name2 = Idmiston | website = }} Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, England, about {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} northeast of Salisbury. It is the largest settlement in Idmiston civil parish. The village gives its name to the nearby Porton Down military science park, which is home to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and related businesses. Religious sitesThe Baptist faith flourished in this part of Wiltshire in the 17th century, then declined in the 18th.[1] A chapel was built to the south of Porton village in 1865 and enlarged in 1922, 1972 and 2006; as of 2015 it is still open.[2] The Anglican Church of St Nicholas was built in 1877 to designs by J.L. Pearson, replacing a building from the 16th century or earlier.[3] RailwaysIn 1857 the London and South Western Railway company opened its line from Andover to Milford station at Salisbury, following the Bourne valley and passing southeast of Porton. There was a station at Porton from the opening of the line until 1968, with a goods yard until 1962.[4] The railway remains in use as part of the West of England Main Line but there are no local stations. Between 1916 and 1946 the Porton Down Camp Military Railway (2 foot gauge) ran between the goods yard at Porton station and the Camp, almost a mile to the northeast.[4] AmenitiesThe local school is St Nicholas' CE (VA) Primary School, built in 1972 to replace a school built at Idmiston in 1869.[5] The former Railway Hotel, near the site of the station, is now the Porton Hotel and Restaurant.[6] Porton Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) as it constitutes the largest uninterrupted tract of semi-natural chalk grassland in Britain.[7]References1. ^{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Baptist Church, Idmiston|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=912|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=19 December 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Porton Baptist Church|url=http://www.portonbaptist.org.uk/|accessdate=19 December 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Church of St. Nicholas, Porton|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=911|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=19 December 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Oakley|first1=Mike|title=Wiltshire Railway Stations|date=2004|publisher=The Dovecote Press|location=Wimborne|isbn=1904349331|page=104}} 5. ^{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Porton|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getschool.php?id=1501|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=19 December 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Porton Hotel|url=http://www.theportonhotel.co.uk/|accessdate=19 December 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Porton Down |url=http://www.ecn.ac.uk/sites/site/terr/porton-down |publisher=UK Environmental Change Network |accessdate=18 December 2015}} External links
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