West Kington

West Kington is a village in Nettleton civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is in the steeply wooded valley of the Broadmead Brook, a source of the Bybrook River, and is close to the county boundary with Gloucestershire. It is 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the Gloucestershire market town of Chipping Sodbury.

West Kington

St Mary the Virgin parish church
West Kington
Location within Wiltshire
OS grid referenceST8177
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townChippenham
Postcode districtSN14
Dialling code01249
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

The hamlet of West Kington Wick is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) southeast of the village.

Buildings

The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin has a 13th and 15th century west tower.[1] The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1856 to designs by the architect S.B. Gabriel of Bristol.[1] It is Grade II* listed.[2]

The farmhouse called Latimer Manor dates from the 16th century and is also Grade II* listed.[3] It is believed to be named after Hugh Latimer, who had the living of West Kington in the early 16th century.

Notable people

Hugh Latimer, later Bishop of Worcester, was vicar of West Kington church from 1531, prior to the controversy in the reformation which led to his martyrdom in Oxford.[4]

Television producer Dilys Breese retired to the village and is buried there.[5]

Film

The music video for the song "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats was filmed in West Kington in the summer of 1982.[6]

References
  1. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 564. ISBN 0-14-0710-26-4.
  2. Historic England. "Church of St Mary, West Kington, Nettleton (1022974)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. Historic England. "Latimer Manor, West Kington (1183476)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. "Church of St. Mary the Virgin, West Kington". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. Paine, Barry (17 October 2007). "Obituary: Dilys Breese". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  6. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance - Music Video
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