Bratton, Wiltshire

Bratton, Wiltshire

infobox UK place
country=England
static_

static_image_caption=Village centre
latitude=51.27
longitude=-02.12
official_name=Bratton
population=1199 (as of 2001)
shire_district=
shire_county=Wiltshire
region=South West England
constituency_westminster=
post_town=WESTBURY
postcode_district=BA13
postcode_area=BA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference=ST9152

Bratton is a village and civil parish, near Westbury, in the English county of Wiltshire.

It formed part of the ancient parish of Westbury until 1892. The Westbury White Horse and the massive earthworks of Bratton Castle (or Camp) Iron Age hill fort are both in Bratton parish. Significant buildings in the village are St James's Church, Bratton House, Bratton Baptist Chapel, The Duke public house, and the Court House, used by Judge Jeffreys at the time of Monmouth's Rebellion. It also has a school: Bratton Primary School, at the centre.

It's surrounded by pleasant countryside.

Notable people

* Rev. George Whitaker (educator)
* Sir Horace Seymour (1885-1978), British diplomat, Ambassador to China

ources

* [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?id=33 Population census figures]


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