Parish church [1]

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Parish church [1]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 Mar 2020

The church of the Holy Cross has fragments from the 12th century and has a 13th century chancel. The rest of the church is 15th or 16th century mostly in the Perpendicular style. The church contains many wall memorials. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023312 Chiseldon village was founded by the Saxons and lies 3 miles south of Swindon on the Roman road from Cirencester and Mildenhall, now the A346. An agricultural village until the late 19th century but now most workers commute to Swindon. In 1914 a large military camp was built south of the village with the camp population being greater than that of the village. The military presence continued until 1961.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.518254
Longitude
-1.731746