Cholderton

Cholderton
240px Cottages and church, Cholderton
Cholderton  Cholderton shown within Wiltshire
Population	185 (in 2011)
OS grid reference	SU225424
Civil parish	Cholderton
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Salisbury
Postcode district	SP4
Dialling code	01980
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Salisbury
Website	Village
List of places UK England Wiltshire

Cholderton, or more properly West Cholderton, is a village and civil parish in the Bourne Valley of Wiltshire, England. The village is about 4 miles (6 km) east of the town of Amesbury, on the A338 about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the A303 trunk road.

East Cholderton is part of Amport parish, over the county border in Hampshire.

Cholderton Charlie's Farm, a Rare Breeds Survival Trust approved farm park, is located here.

Notable people

Henry Charles Stephens, a businessman from Finchley in north London and Member of Parliament, owned an estate in Cholderton and in 1904 by Act of Parliament set up the Cholderton and District Water Company which serves a small area of Hampshire and Wiltshire. His descendants still live in the village.

Notable buildings

Cholderton House (built 1690) and the Manor House (circa 1710) are Grade II* listed.

Parish Church of St Nicholas

In the 1840s two churches stood on this site, side by side. The smaller being the old Saxon church deemed in need of replacement by the then Rector, Reverend Thomas Mozley and his wife Harriet, the sister of Cardinal Newman. Mozley laid the foundation stone for the larger building in 1841 and the new church was completed in 1850. Mozley directed the project, the architect was Thomas Henry Wyatt and the builder, John Crook of West Dean. The new church cost over £6000, of which Mozley contributed over £5000. In contrast, the demolition of the old church cost £11. In 1958 the church was designated as Grade II* listed. The parish is now part of the Bourne Valley grouping.

Thomas Mozley was a supporter of the High Church Tractarian movement and in 1841 succeeded Newman as editor of its periodical, the British Critic. Other notable rectors include William Noyes (from 1601), James Fraser (1847-1860; later Bishop of Manchester) and Frank McGowan (to 1951; became Archdeacon of Sarum).

External links

• Cholderton Charlie's Farm
• Cholderton Farm Shop & Cafe
• The Crown Inn, Cholderton
• The Cholderton Estate