{{Short description|Village in Wiltshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image_name= St. Nicholas Church, Cholderton, Wiltshire - geograph.org.uk - 1737649.jpg |static_image_caption= Cottages and church, Cholderton |label_position= left |coordinates = {{coord|51.180|-1.679|type:city(200)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Cholderton |population = 185 |population_ref= (in 2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Cholderton Census Information|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Census?communityId=58|work=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref> |civil_parish= Cholderton |unitary_england = [[Wiltshire Council|Wiltshire]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Wiltshire]] |region= South West England |constituency_westminster= [[Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Salisbury]] |post_town= Salisbury |postcode_district = SP4 |postcode_area= SP |dial_code= 01980 |os_grid_reference= SU225424 |website= }} '''Cholderton''', or more properly '''West Cholderton''', is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[River Bourne, Wiltshire|Bourne Valley]] of [[Wiltshire]], England. The village is about {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} east of the town of [[Amesbury]]. It is on the [[A338 road|A338]], about {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of the [[A303 road|A303]] trunk road and {{Convert|9|mi|km|0}} northeast of [[Salisbury]].
[[East Cholderton]] is part of [[Amport]] parish, over the county border in [[Hampshire]].
Local attractions include Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm, a [[Rare Breeds Survival Trust]] approved farm park.
==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 [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England entry|num=1023942|desc=Cholderton House|access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England entry|num=1183831|desc=Manor House, A338|access-date=18 July 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> It was built "probably for Jonathan Hill, merchant, of Salisbury, altered C18 and extended in C19" according to the listing. The current structure is a 21st-century building that replaced the 17th-century house extensively damaged in a 2012 fire.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=15 November 2019|title=Home of the week: A Wiltshire house rises from the ashes|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/home-of-the-week-a-wiltshire-house-rises-from-the-ashes-p07600xtw|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115161058/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/home-of-the-week-a-wiltshire-house-rises-from-the-ashes-p07600xtw |archive-date=15 November 2019 |access-date=5 January 2021|work=The Times|quote=It was built in 1690 so there were no fire breaks and you could hear the blaze ripping through the beams, and tiles overheating and firing off like the sound of a gunshot. It was awful and all Mum could do was watch.}}</ref> In 2021, the building was described as having a "restored, late-17th-century William-and-Mary façade" by [[Country Life (magazine)|''Country Life'']] magazine and the property featured many equestrian facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/eight-of-the-biggest-country-house-sales-in-britain-in-2020-221245 |title=Eight of the biggest country house sales in Britain in 2020 |date=2 January 2021 |work=Country Life |access-date=5 January 2021 |quote=}}</ref>
The Manor House is described in its listing as "Farm house, now house. c1710 ... with service extension to left added 1732, and wing on right, set back and extending to rear, built c1931". By 2019, a news item about the house stated that it had been extensively restored, and the property included a swimming "pool, and a paddock, as well as stables, and a tennis court". The report stated that the current building includes a 20th-century addition, presumably from 1931.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/17694076.manor-house-cholderton-market-pool/ |title=Manor House, Cholderton is on the market (and it has a pool!) |date=9 June 2019 |work=Salisbury Journal |access-date=5 January 2021 |quote=}}</ref>
===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 [[John Henry Newman|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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Anon.|title=The Churches of the Upper Bourne Valley|date=1985|publisher=Parochial Church Councils of Allington with Boscombe, Cholderton and Newton Tony|page=8|edition=First}}</ref> In 1958 the church was designated as Grade II* listed.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England entry|num=1023940|desc=Church of St Nicholas, A338|access-date=18 July 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The parish is now part of the Bourne Valley grouping.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bournevalleychurches.org.uk/|title=Bourne Valley Churches|website=|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>
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 (priest)|William Noyes]] (from 1601), [[James Fraser (bishop)|James Fraser]] (1847-1860; later [[Bishop of Manchester]]) and [[Frank McGowan (priest)|Frank McGowan]] (to 1951; became [[Archdeacon of Sarum]]).
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol15/pp70-78 |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 15 |chapter=Cholderton |pages=70–78 |editor-first=D. A. |editor-last=Crowley |author-first1=A. P. |author-last1=Baggs |author-first2=Jane |author-last2=Freeman |author-first3=Janet H. |author-last3=Stevenson |date=1995 |via=British History Online |publisher=University of London |access-date=16 April 2023}} * [https://choldertonrarebreedsfarm.com/ Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm] * [https://www.cholderton-estate.co.uk/ The Cholderton Estate]
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