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South West

In 1840, the plain classical Wool House had an L-plan, but by the time it was put up for sale in 1869 there was not only a northern extension, but

For centuries, the Wylye Valley was an area of sheep farming and barley production, where the sheep were used to dung the land.

Most of today’s settlement lies along the High Street, the old main road running slightly south-eastwards from Codford St Peter to the bridge over

The Old Manor House, on the High Street in Codford St Peter, is typical of stone-built West Wiltshire farmhouses of the late 16th and early 17th ce

The George Inn, first recorded in 1541, had become the stopping place for the Rocket stagecoach before 1800, and was described in 1787 as a stone a

Codford had no country seat until the early 19th century when Ashton Gifford House, set in a small ornamental park, took that role.

Codford Circle, with its bank and ditch, viewed from the air looking south, with Punch Bowl Bottom to the right.

Codford’s village theatre resulted from a society scandal during 1924-5, involving a young adventuress and a retired colonel, whom she married for

St Peter's church, which stood at the entrance to the medieval village from the west on the north side of the High Street, was made more impressive

There must have been a church at Codford St Mary long before the first written reference to it in 1282.

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