# Wardour

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**Wardour** /ˈwɔrdər/ is a settlement in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Tisbury](/source/Tisbury,_Wiltshire), in [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire), England, about 13 miles (21 km) west of [Salisbury](/source/Salisbury) and 4 miles (6 km) south of [Hindon](/source/Hindon,_Wiltshire).

## History

A bronze age hoard known as the [Wardour Hoard](/source/Wardour_Hoard) has been found in the village.[1]

The land was an estate of [Wilton Abbey](/source/Wilton_Abbey) by the 11th century.[2]

The 15th-century [Wardour Castle](/source/Wardour_Castle) was slighted during the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War),[3] The stronghold was replaced in 1776 by [New Wardour Castle](/source/New_Wardour_Castle), built between 1769 and 1776.[4] It was long the home of the [Lords Arundell of Wardour](/source/Baron_Arundell_of_Wardour) and later of [Cranborne Chase School](/source/Cranborne_Chase_School).[5]

All Saints' Roman Catholic chapel, Wardour, originally belonged to the Arundells' household. It was enlarged in 1788 by the eighth Lord Arundell to the designs of [Giacomo Quarenghi](/source/Giacomo_Quarenghi) and [John Soane](/source/John_Soane).[6] The chapel still has regular services and is also used for musical events.

In the 18th century, part of the estate was in Tisbury parish and part in [Donhead St Andrew](/source/Donhead_St_Andrew). In 1835 Tisbury was divided into three parishes: East Tisbury, [West Tisbury](/source/West_Tisbury,_Wiltshire) and Wardour. In 1921 the parish had a population of 780.[7] On 1 April 1927 East Tisbury and Wardour were united as Tisbury civil parish.[2][8]

Wardour Catholic Primary School was built in 1862.[9][10]

[John Marius Wilson](/source/John_Marius_Wilson)'s *[Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales](/source/Imperial_Gazetteer_of_England_and_Wales)* (1870-1872) said of Wardour:

WARDOUR, a parish in Tisbury district, Wilts; 2¼ miles WSW of [Tisbury r. station](/source/Tisbury_railway_station). Post town, Tisbury, under [Salisbury](/source/Salisbury). Acres and real property returned with Tisbury. Pop., 710. Houses, 119. W. Castle is the seat of Lord Arundell of W.; was built in 1776-89; is in the Grecian style, with a centre and crescent wings; has a rotunda staircase, 144 feet round; contains a rich collection of paintings and other works of art; and stands in a finely wooded park, about 5 miles in circuit. An ancient castle here was built by the Martins, before the time of [Edward III](/source/Edward_III_of_England); passed, through the Lovells, the Touchets, the Audleys, and others, to the Arundells; was the birthplace of [Lord Chief Justice Hyde](/source/Nicholas_Hyde), of the 16th century; and was besieged, captured, and ruined, in the civil wars of [Charles I](/source/Charles_I_of_England). The [living](/source/Benefice) is annexed to Tisbury; and the parish contains the Tisbury workhouse.[11]

## Quarrying

The parish was noted for its quarrying, particularly Chilmark Stone, Tisbury Stone and Vale of Wardour Stone.[12] Chicksgrove Quarry was operated near Tisbury in the [Vale of Wardour](/source/Vale_of_Wardour).[13] The Purbeck beds in Wardour have long been abandoned.[14]

## Notable people

- [The Arundell baronetcy](/source/Baron_Arundell_of_Wardour)
- [Lucy Neville-Rolfe](/source/Lucy_Neville-Rolfe) (born at Wardour in 1953), senior civil servant, businesswoman and politician
- [Nicholas Hyde](/source/Nicholas_Hyde) (born at Wardour c.1572), Lord Chief Justice of England

## References

1. ["Wiltshire's Wardour Hoard preserved before display"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-25593451). *BBC News*. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

1. Crowley, D. A. (ed.) (1987). ["Parishes: Tisbury"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol13/pp195-248). *A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 13*. [Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History). University of London. pp. 195–248. Retrieved 25 September 2024. – via British History Online.

1. Johnson, Matthew (15 April 2013). [*Behind the Castle Gate: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QpRT43qZcDsC&pg=PA35). Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-135-13558-4.

1. Creighton, O. H. (August 2004). [*Castles and Landscapes: Power, Community and Fortification in Medieval England*](https://books.google.com/books?id=rr-ixYkUVcoC&pg=PA85). Equinox Publishing Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-904768-67-8.

1. Hussey, Christopher (1955). [*English Country Houses: Mid Georgian, 1760-1800*](https://books.google.com/books?id=hg4NAQAAIAAJ). Country Life. p. 119.

1. Lisle, Leanda De & Stanford, Peter (1 January 1996). [*The Catholics and their houses*](https://books.google.com/books?id=6ONLAQAAIAAJ). Harper Collins. p. 58.

1. ["Population statistics Wardour CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10413230/cube/TOT_POP). [A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time). Retrieved 6 December 2023.

1. ["Relationships and changes Wardour CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10413230). A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

1. ["Wardour Roman Catholic Primary School, Tisbury"](https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/School/Details/819). *Wiltshire Community History*. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

1. ["Wardour Catholic Primary School"](http://www.wardour.wilts.sch.uk). Retrieved 1 June 2015.

1. Rev. John Marius Wilson, *[Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales](/source/Imperial_Gazetteer_of_England_and_Wales)* (1870-1872)

1. Ashurst, John & Dimes, Francis G. (1998). [*Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone*](https://books.google.com/books?id=LkrVs8xS2tIC&pg=PA112). Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7506-3898-2.

1. Stanier, Peter (2006). [*Wiltshire in the Age of Steam: A History and Archaeology of Wiltshire Industry, C.1750-1950*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vGkoAQAAMAAJ). Halsgrove. pp. 24–5. ISBN 978-1-84114-549-5.

1. Coram, Robert A.; Jepson, James E.; Penney, David (2012). [*Fossil Insects of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Southern England: Palaeoentomology from the Dawn of the Cretaceous*](https://books.google.com/books?id=TXOG7M_gB6wC&pg=PA10). Siri Scientific Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9567795-3-3.

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