Ablington, Wiltshire
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Ablington is a hamlet
in the English
county of Wiltshire
located alongside Figheldean
, which is also the controlling parish. It was known as Alboldintone in the Domesday Book
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Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
located alongside Figheldean
Figheldean
Figheldean is a village and civil parish on the River Avon north of Amesbury in Wiltshire.Centred on the village, the parish of Figheldean extends eastwards towards Tidworth as far as Devil's Ditch and westwards beyond Larkhill towards Shrewton as far as Robin Hood's Ball. The parish includes...
, which is also the controlling parish. It was known as Alboldintone in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
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