Crockerton

From The West Wiltshire District Guide 1978:

The Church of The Holy Trinity, at Crockerton, a Chapelry in this parish [of Longbridge Deverill] was built of Crockerton stone in the Byzantine style in 1843, at the expense of the Dowager Marchioness of Bath.

The village is mostly agricultural, most of the land is used for dairying purposes. The main street of Crockerton called Clay Street, is not far from the old clay pits.

Crockerton was the centre of the organisation of nonconformity of the district with the help of the Adlam family, starting about 1656 in Crockerton and Longbridge Deverill. From about the year 1800 the main centre was to be found in the towns of Warminster and Westbury.

The construction of a number of carefully located new dwellings and renovations to older cottages in recent years has done nothing to spoil the charm of the village.

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