# The Shoe

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{{Short description|Hamlet in Wiltshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image = The Shoe view.JPG
|static_image_caption = The Fosse Way enters from the left and leaves to the right in this view of The Shoe
|coordinates = {{coord|51.467|-2.277|type:city(50)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}}
|official_name = The Shoe
|population = 
|population_ref = 
|civil_parish = [North Wraxall](/source/North_Wraxall)
|unitary_england = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_Council)
|lieutenancy_england = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire)
|region = South West England
|constituency_westminster = [South Cotswolds](/source/South_Cotswolds_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|post_town = Chippenham
|postcode_district = SN14
|postcode_area = SN
|dial_code = 01225
|dial_code1 = 01249
|os_grid_reference = ST809743
|website = 
}}

'''The Shoe''' is a small [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(place)) in the parish of [North Wraxall](/source/North_Wraxall), in the north-west of [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire) in England. It lies at the junction of the [Fosse Way](/source/Fosse_Way) (the old Roman road from Exeter to Lincoln) and the [A420](/source/A420_road) (running from Bristol to Oxford). The settlement is named after the former inn, ''The Horse-shoe''.<ref name="North Wraxall History">{{cite web|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/172|title=North Wraxall|work=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref> Ordnance Survey maps show a smithy. Earlier maps show the smithy on the south side<ref name="National Library of Scotland: OS One-Inch, England and Wales, 1872-1914 Sheet 265 - Bath Published: 1898">{{cite web|url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/101168663|title=OS One-Inch, England and Wales, 1872–1914 Sheet 265 – Bath Published: 1898|date=1898|access-date=9 May 2026}}</ref> of the [A420 road](/source/A420_road), while later maps show one on the north side<ref name="National Library of Scotland: OS Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952 Gloucestershire Sheet LXXIV Published: 1923">{{cite web|url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/102342917|title=OS Six-inch England and Wales, 1842–1952 Gloucestershire Sheet LXXIV Published: 1923|date=1923|access-date=9 May 2026}}</ref> of the road. The Shoe is about {{Convert|7|mi|km|0|abbr=}} west of [Chippenham](/source/Chippenham) and the same distance northeast of [Bath](/source/Bath%2C_Somerset).

A spring rises in the village, forming a tributary of the [Bybrook River](/source/Bybrook_River).<ref name="National Library of Scotland: OS Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952 Gloucestershire Sheet LXXIV Published: 1923" /> To the south of the village, marking the boundary with [Colerne](/source/Colerne), is Doncombe Brook, with [Bury Camp](/source/Bury_Camp) – an [Iron Age](/source/British_Iron_Age) [hillfort](/source/Hillforts_in_Britain) – rising above the Doncombe valley.<ref name="Historic England Page">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1018385 |desc=Bury Wood Camp hillfort and earthwork enclosure 750m north of Raffinwood House}}</ref>

==Facilities==

The Shoe Inn, marked on the 1:25,000 [Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey) map, became a private house and is now used as a holiday let, although a board for public notices and a postbox are still outside.<ref name="North Wraxall Parish Council Agenda">{{cite web|url=https://northwraxall-pc.gov.uk/agenda-for-meeting-thursday-8th-jan-2026-at-community-hall/#more-2564|title=North Wraxall Parish Council Agenda|author=North Wraxall Parish Council clerk|date=31 December 2025|website=North Wraxall Parish Council|access-date=8 May 2026}}</ref>

A garage and several other businesses are based in the village.

Just off the Fosse Way, about {{convert|400|yd|m}} north of the A420 junction, lies the North Wraxall [village hall](/source/village_hall), called the Community Hall, offering a playgroup and other amenities.<ref name="North Wraxall Parish Council Page">{{cite web|url=https://northwraxall-pc.gov.uk/the-parish/village-hall/|title=North Wraxall Village Hall|author=North Wraxall Parish Council chairman|date=8 May 2026|website=North Wraxall Parish Council|access-date=8 May 2026}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed">
File:The Shoe detail.JPG|The Shoe Inn's sign displayed in a private garden in 2009
File:Postbox and Noticeboard at The Shoe, Wiltshire.jpg|Postbox and parish council noticeboard at The Shoe
File:The Garage at The Shoe, North Wraxall, Wiltshire.jpg|The Garage at The Shoe
File:The Shoe, looking west along the A420 towards Chippenham.jpg|Looking west along the A420 towards Chippenham
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* G. M. Boumphrey, (1935) ''Along the Roman Roads''. London: Allen & Unwin

Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire

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