{{Short description|Village in Wiltshire, England}} {{distinguish|text=the similarly named village of Winterborne Monkton in Dorset}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name= Winterbourne Monkton |static_image_name= The road into Winterbourne Monkton - geograph.org.uk - 1010817.jpg |static_image_caption= The New Inn, Winterbourne Monkton |coordinates = {{coord|51.447|-1.857|type:city(200)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= SU100720 |label_position= bottom |population= 160 |population_ref= (in 2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Wiltshire Community History – Census|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Census?communityId=251|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=24 July 2015}} Note ONS raw data encapsulates 'too small to publish all data for reasons of confidentiality of living people' Berwick Bassett in the parish data being here identical to output area E00162634 so no other demographic statistics will be available for a few decades from 2011.</ref> |civil_parish= Winterbourne Monkton |unitary_england= Wiltshire |lieutenancy_england= Wiltshire |region= South West England |country= England |post_town= Swindon |postcode_district= SN4 |postcode_area= SN |dial_code= 01672 |constituency_westminster= East Wiltshire |website= {{URL|https://bbwmpc.org/|Parish Council}} }}
'''Winterbourne Monkton''' is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about {{convert|1|mi|km}} north of Avebury Stone Circle and {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} northwest of Marlborough.
The village lies immediately west of the A4361 road between Swindon and Devizes.
== History == The large Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Windmill Hill, in the southeast towards Avebury, is partly in the parish.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1008446|desc=A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> The eastern boundary of the parish is the ancient trackway known as The Ridgeway.<ref name="vch">{{Cite book|author-last1=Baggs|author-first1=A. P.|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol12/pp192-198|title=A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 12|author-last2=Freeman|author-first2=Jane|author-last3=Stevenson|author-first3=Janet H.|date=1983|publisher=University of London|editor-last=Crowley|editor-first=D. A.|pages=192–198|chapter=Parishes: Winterbourne Monkton|access-date=20 February 2021|via=British History Online}}</ref>
Domesday Book in 1086 recorded a settlement at ''Wintreborne'' with 32 households, and land held by Glastonbury Abbey.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|SU1072|winterbourne-monkton|Winterbourne Monkton}}</ref>
The name Winterbourne (first evidenced in 869)<ref name="vch" /> refers to the Kennet, which at this point is seasonal. The Monkton suffix reflects the Glastonbury estate,<ref name="vch" /> to distinguish the parish and village from other Winterbournes in Wiltshire, including Winterbourne Bassett which is close by to the north.
After the dissolution of Glastonbury, the manor was granted to Edward Seymour, later Duke of Somerset, who soon sold it. Sir James Harvey, later Lord Mayor of London, bought the manor in 1577. In 1621 it was inherited through marriage by John Popham MP of Littlecote House, who was succeeded by his brother Alexander (died 1669, also an MP). The manor continued in the Popham family until c.1899, and was sold as four farms in 1917.<ref name="vch" />
==Local government== Winterbourne Monkton elects a joint parish council with the adjacent parish of Berwick Bassett.<ref>{{cite web|title=Berwick Bassett and Winterbourne Monkton Joint Parish Council|url=http://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=255&LS=1|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council, a unitary authority which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
==Parish church== {{Main|Church of St Mary Magdalene, Winterbourne Monkton}} The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalen is Grade II listed.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England entry|num=1033812|desc=Church of St Mary Magdalen, Winterbourne Monkton|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> The church has 12th-century origins<ref>{{cite web|title=Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Winterbourne Monkton|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/1475|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> but was rebuilt in 1878 by William Butterfield.
==Amenities== A National School was built in 1847 and educated children of all ages until 1949.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winterbourne Monkton Church of England V.C. School|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/School/Details/1435|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> It became a Church of England primary school which closed in 1971; local children go to Broad Hinton or Lockeridge.
The village pub, the New Inn, closed in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/10154550.Villagers_battle_to_save_pub/|title=Villagers battle to save pub|publisher=Gazette and Herald|access-date=18 February 2016|date=10 January 2013}}</ref> In 2018, the pub reopened under the same name, and also has an attached B&B, named Elderbrook House.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} * [https://bbwmpc.org/ Berwick Bassett and Winterbourne Monkton Parish Council]
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Category:Villages in Wiltshire Category:Civil parishes in Wiltshire