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The Street, SALISBURY, SP3 5AU

The Street is the main street of the village of Chilmark off which lies the church, school, and innumerable stone-built and often thatched cottages. Here, halfway along the street and looking south-east, there is a small bridge over the currently dried up stream that runs through the village. The northern end of the street near the village church, and behind the camera, is in the next grid square. The Street is quiet because the main road, the B3089 from Salisbury to Hindon, runs east-west through the north side of the village. The name Chilmark comes from the Anglo-Saxon, 'cild' for child, or 'cigel', a pole or peg, and 'mearc' meaning boundary. For more information about the history of Chilmark, see http://www.nadderfocus.com/Villages/Chilmark/chil1.htm#history. Stone from the nearby Chilmark quarries was used in the building of both the cathedral at Old Sarum and the celebrated Gothic one in Salisbury, see http://www.wessexdlstone.com/history1.htm.

This cottage is halfway along The Street, the main street of the village of Chilmark, see Image, and is substantial compared with village houses generally. The cottage is built of local limestone probably from Chilmark Quarries south of the village, it has mullioned windows, and may be early 18th-century. There is a nameplate 'Taylors Cottage' though whether this has any historical significance is not known. The cottage is a listed building, and in the entry is called Olivers Cottage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=320338&mode=quick,

The Street is the main street of the village of Chilmark off which lies the church, school, and innumerable stone-built and often thatched cottages. This view looking north-west is of the tree-lined south end of The Street with houses set back from the road. On the right a dried up stream bed runs alongside the road. See also Image

The Street is the main street of the village of Chilmark, see Image Here at the southern end of The Street there is a small bridge over the currently dried up stream that runs through the village. The road comes to a junction at the hamlet of Mooray about 80m ahead.

The patch has been on the roof for some time as it is already growing moss.

These gates appear to have real wheels attached to them as decoration.

This is the entrance to Cleeves Farm in the hamlet of Mooray next to the village of Chilmark. On the OS map the farm is named Cleeve Farm but the sign at the entrance, and the address elsewhere, is given as Cleeves.

The stream channel to the left of the road is currently dry.

Weather vanes have always been more than just a wind direction device. Created by skilled craftsman, there is true artistic expression in the varied designs. Initially wood vanes were carved by carpenters or furniture makers, and iron, copper and tin ones were forged by the local blacksmith or tinsmith. In the 19th century weather vanes started to be mass-produced from moulds.