# Hankerton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hankerton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hankerton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankerton > Source revision: 1277149698 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in Wiltshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Hankerton | unitary_england = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_Council) | lieutenancy_england = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire) | region = South West England | population = 280 | population_ref = (in 2011){{cite web|title=Wiltshire Community History – Census|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Census?communityId=113|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=7 February 2015}} | os_grid_reference = ST970907 | coordinates = {{coord|51.615|-2.045|type:city(500)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} | dial_code = 01666 | postcode_district = SN16 | postcode_area = SN | post_town = Malmesbury | constituency_westminster = [South Cotswolds](/source/South_Cotswolds_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | static_image = HANKERTON, Wiltshire - geograph.org.uk - 65239.jpg | static_image_caption = Holy Cross church | website = {{URL|https://hankertonpc.wordpress.com/|Parish Council}} }} '''Hankerton''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire), England, {{convert|3|mi|km}} northeast of [Malmesbury](/source/Malmesbury). The parish includes the hamlets of '''Cloatley''', '''Cloatley End''' and '''Bullock's Horn'''. Streams which form the Braydon Brook, which becomes the [Swill Brook](/source/Swill_Brook) further downstream, flow east and north in the parish. Some of these streams form parts of the northern parish boundary. [Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows](/source/Cloatley_Manor_Farm_Meadows), a biological [Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest), is within the parish. == History == In 1377 Hankerton had 61 poll-tax payers and Cloatley 33, with a further 20 at Moredon, which was probably a hamlet within the parish. The population of the parish peaked in the 1830s or 1840s, with 417 recorded at the 1841 census, then declined to 252 in 1901 and has since remained near that level. Until the [Dissolution](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries), Hankerton and Cloatley were probably part of the [Crudwell](/source/Crudwell) estate which belonged to [Malmesbury Abbey](/source/Malmesbury_Abbey).{{cite web|title=Wiltshire Community History - Hankerton|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/113|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=7 February 2015}} In 1553 Hankerton manor was bought by [James Stumpe](/source/James_Stumpe) of Malmesbury and [Bromham](/source/Bromham%2C_Wiltshire), who also owned [Charlton](/source/Charlton%2C_Brinkworth) manor. Hankerton and Charlton descended into the [Howard family](/source/Howard_family) and the [Earls of Suffolk](/source/Earl_of_Suffolk), who continued to hold land in Hankerton in the 20th century. Cloatley manor was held separately, being bought in 1706 by [Giles Earle](/source/Giles_Earle_(politician)) of [Eastcourt, Crudwell](/source/Eastcourt%2C_Crudwell); his grandson divided the manor c. 1806. Cloatley Manor Farmhouse has a 15th-century core and a wing of c. 1600, with additions in the 19th century. Until the early 17th century it was the seat of the Earle family, who moved to Eastcourt, Crudwell. The house and certain associated buildings are [Grade II* listed](/source/Listed_building).{{National Heritage List for England|num=1363896|desc=Manor Farmhouse|access-date=6 February 2017}}{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022243|desc=Barn, granary and cowshed to the south-east of Manor Farmhouse|access-date=6 February 2017|fewer-links=yes}}{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022244|desc=Store-house and animal-house to the south-east of Manor Farmhouse|access-date=6 February 2017|fewer-links=yes}} The ''National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1868) said of Hankerton: {{quote|HANKERTON, a parish in the hundred of Malmesbury, county Wilts, 4 miles N.E. of Malmesbury, its post town, and 4 W. of Minety railway station. It is a small straggling village, containing the tything of Cloatly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £269. The church, dedicated to the Holy Cross, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing four bells. The parochial charities produce about £3 per annum. There is a National school. The [Earl of Suffolk](/source/Charles_Howard%2C_17th_Earl_of_Suffolk) is [lord of the manor](/source/lord_of_the_manor).[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/Hankerton/index.shtml Hankerton] at genuki.org.uk}} A small [National School](/source/National_school_(England_and_Wales)) was built c. 1850-2 and was attended by 40-50 children in 1858. Owing to falling numbers, the school closed in 1922 but reopened in 1930; it was finally closed in 1966.{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Church of England School, Hankerton|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/School/Details/1312|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=6 February 2017}} == Religious sites == The [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) [parish church](/source/parish_church) is dedicated to the Holy Cross. The oldest parts of the building are the north arcade (late 12th century) and the north aisle (late 13th).{{cite web|title=Holy Cross, Hankerton|website=Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture|publisher=King's College London|url=http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/2843/|access-date=6 February 2017}} The tower is from the 15th century; the chancel fell into disrepair, was demolished in the 16th century, and was not rebuilt until 1903 or 1904.{{cite web|website=British History Online|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 14 pp95-104 – Parishes: Hankerton|editor-first1=A.P.|editor-last1=Baggs|editor-first2=Jane|editor-last2=Freeman|editor-first3=Janet H|editor-last3=Stevenson|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol14/pp95-104|publisher=University of London|date=1991|access-date=6 February 2017}} The building was designated as [Grade II* listed](/source/Listed_building) in 1959.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022241|desc=Church of the Holy Cross|access-date=6 February 2017|fewer-links=yes}} At first a chapel of [Crudwell](/source/Crudwell) church, Hankerton gained a vicar by 1222, and a graveyard in 1445. The [parish registers](/source/parish_registers) survive back to 1699. The tower has four bells, the oldest from c. 1399 and the others from the 16th and 17th centuries.{{cite web|title=Hankerton|url=http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?DoveID=HANKERTON|website=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers|access-date=6 February 2017}} The benefices of Hankerton and [Charlton](/source/Charlton%2C_Brinkworth) with Brokenborough were united in 1954;{{London Gazette |issue=40063 |date=1 January 1954 |pages=95–96 }} today the church is part of the Braydon Brook grouping.{{cite web|title=Hankerton - Holy Cross|website=Braydon Brook Churches|url=http://www.braydonbrook.co.uk/hankerton-home.html|access-date=6 February 2017}} A [Strict Baptist](/source/Strict_Baptist) chapel was built in 1837 on the lane east of the church, now known as Chapel Lane; it closed in 1971 and the building became a private house.{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Strict Baptist Chapel, Hankerton|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/1275|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=6 February 2017}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * [https://hankertonpc.wordpress.com/ Hankerton Parish Council] * [https://hankertonvillage.com/ Hankerton village website] {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Wiltshire Category:Civil parishes in Wiltshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hankerton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankerton) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankerton?action=history)). 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